lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
stir frying; stir-fried food
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
about; concerning; as to; regarding
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
although I say; although one might say; although called
same village; same town; same province
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
for example; for instance; e.g.
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
Standard Chinese; Modern Standard Mandarin; Putonghua