to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend
passage; path; route; one's way
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to roll up (sleeves, skirt, etc.); to tuck up; to pull up
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
flood of customers; roaring business
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
violent explosion; bursting
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
good health; stopping misfortune; preventing disaster
half and half; fifty-fifty
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
all sorts of; all kinds of
to try all possible means
to try all possible means
it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
no-good man; (male) loser
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
erhua (rhotacization of syllable finals in spoken Mandarin); erization
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
the height of folly; sheer stupidity