very; quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)

eye (CL:隻｜只,雙｜双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

not very (clear, far away etc); not too / not often; infrequently

still; yet / to remain / (literary) frequently; often

frequently; constantly; regularly; often / day-to-day; everyday; daily

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River

although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 or 但是 etc)

to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about

to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")

usually / in many cases / more often than not

frequently; often

unusual; special / very; especially; particularly / expressly; for a specific purpose / (often followed by 是) in particular

Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化｜中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國｜中华民国

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條｜条, 本, 句

frequently / often

to catch cold / (common) cold / CL: 場｜场, 次 / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand

always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant

only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義｜主义 or 論｜论, e.g. 唯理論｜唯理论, rationalism)

often; frequently

often / constantly

(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear themed uniforms (e.g. nurse, student, maid etc), often featuring a more openly flirtatious or physically intimate style of service

to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency

(slang) monkey (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly by overworked laborers)

to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it

intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)

(idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle)

to be known as; to be nicknamed / to be purportedly / to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)

treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)

inferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色｜毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

kindly / benevolent (often of older person)

Longquanyi, often simply called Longquan, a district of Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan

(often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant / to put one's trust in (sb)

to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously") / to treat conscientiously

the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)

a selfless, helpful person, like the model citizen Lei Feng 雷鋒｜雷锋 (often used to refer to sb in a joking or teasing way)

(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on

sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike

gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)

sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper

I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature)

to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage

public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable

to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often

(Daoism) a spirit medium, often a young person, believed to be possessed by a deity during rituals, acting as an intermediary for communication between the spirit world and humans

lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom) / fig. (of a boy and a girl) to play together often during childhood

(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛｜纷纷) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market

lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)

to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms / to place on a par with / (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)

master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others

lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)

a residential property located within the designated catchment area of a desirable school, often sought after by parents to secure school admission for their children

social-media editor; page admin; creator of online content (often used by the writer as a self-referential persona)

lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)

near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)

you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom) / you can't judge a book by its cover / often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量

to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)

sense of crisis; acute awareness of looming danger or instability (often actively cultivated to spur preparedness or action)

(Tw) blending of cultural heritage elements with creative modern designs to produce innovative products and services (often used attributively, as in 文創商品｜文创商品) (abbr. for 文化創意｜文化创意)

to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease

prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively) / vulgar customs

art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery

to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) / also written 犯得上

(slang) to hook up for sex; to arrange a casual sexual encounter (often with a new or non-committed partner)

sperm concentration, often called sperm count

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

(neologism) (slang) (often used in video gaming) to shoot sb in the head / headshot

destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)

a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly / to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes)

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連｜哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出｜有苦说不出)

to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party)

(dialect) quickly; briskly; without delay (northern colloquialism, often used in commands)

a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)

a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)

(Tw) (coll.) cool / awesome / (etymologically, a contracted form of 不一樣｜不一样) / often written as ㄅㄧㄤˋ

uptight; obstinate; to awkwardly force oneself to do sth (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [king], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form)

(bound form) fortress; stronghold / (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) / (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡｜汉堡)

(coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving)

to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect)

(astronomy) binary star / (fig.) two prominent entities regarded as a pair (often complementary or in rivalry)

precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart

lit. spring sunshine / fig. parental (often maternal) love

reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)

to state; to present; to set forth (a situation, opinion, grievance etc), often to an authority

storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary

having unspeakable bitter suffering / (often used after 啞巴吃黃連｜哑巴吃黄连)

August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土, the Earth Deity)

person from Shandong / often refers to Confucius / stupid person

decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape

to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it

(usu. of bad things) to frequently happen; to occur often

elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy

(literary) ice formed in freezing weather as frost or icicles etc (often used as a metaphor for moral uprightness, strictness, sternness or aloofness)

bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴｜妻子管得严 used in comic theater)

(idiom) the finest place in the nation (often used in reference to the capital city)

(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)

often