cause / reason / because

tide / damp; moist; humid / fashionable; trendy / (coll.) inferior; substandard

to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

(noun suffix)

1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

variant of 什

what / very / extremely / any

to twitch; to have a spasm

and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

to lie / to crouch

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

settled; steady; stable

the body / one's health

surname Wen

warm; lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild; soft; tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟)

Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group

to strengthen / strong / robust

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數｜目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

eye; eyeball

tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten

a squint / sideways glance / to look askance

throat / larynx

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 intentional)

phlegm / spittle

to defecate / excrement; feces

silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency

brown

breast / milk

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

to feed (a person or animal)

to not need / needless (to say)

many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-

to sleep / to lie down

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

surname Na

to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)

(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

spleen

to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆｜颗, 個｜个

to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

spleen

surname Yi

benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more

surname Huang or Hwang

yellow / pornographic / to fall through

scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine

to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆｜颗, 個｜个

to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct

red / scarlet / bare / naked

scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine

to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼｜前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼｜后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼｜北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼｜南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼｜西凉 (400-421)

cool / cold

to let sth cool down

to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm

ball / pellet / pill

owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it