- to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
- moonlight
- under the foot
- to wake up
- fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
- lights
- to make a fire; to light a fire
- to make money
- shortage of money
- an experienced person; sb who has "been around (the block)"; sb who has personally experienced it
- to rescue
- see 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- use; application
- to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom); in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
- cannot afford; can't afford buying
- to whistle; to scream; to whiz
- 散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- to beat sb; to beat (a drum)
- the sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
- advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage
- to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless
- to have good luck; to be in luck
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it
- disaster year; (esp.) year of poor harvest
- strange thing; curious occurrence
- frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly guy
- to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge; (literary) to push aside; to force open; to rehearse; row; line; platoon; (bound form) steak; chop; (bound form) raft; classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)
- squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to herald the break of day