| | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it | HSK 4 |
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| | percent | HSK 4 |
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| | in a word / in short / in brief | HSK 5 |
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| | during / at the time of | HSK 6 |
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| | on the other hand... / conversely... | HSK 6 |
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| | in short / in a word / in brief | HSK 6 |
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| | 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" | HSK 6 |
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| | top priority job / matter of vital importance | HSK 6 |
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| | family love and joy / domestic bliss | HSK 6 |
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| | afterwards / following / later / after | |
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| | one of (sth) / one out of a multitude / one (third, quarter, percent etc) | |
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| | between / among / inter- | |
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| | before / prior to / ago / previously / beforehand | |
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| | under / beneath / less than | |
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| | outside / excluding | |
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| | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P / Example: 我之所以討厭他｜我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | |
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| | inside / among / in the midst of (doing sth) / during | |
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| | inside / within | |
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| | (indicating a fraction) | |
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| | above | |
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| | and so on / and such | |
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| | apart from this / in addition to this | |
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| | to call it... / known as... | |
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| | thereupon / subsequently / accordingly | |
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| | moreover / in addition to that | |
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| | to substitute for sb / to remove and replace | |
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| | over time / as time passes / in the fullness of time | |
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| | a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely | |
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| | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere | |
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| | contrary to expectation / unexpected | |
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| | a possible period of want or need | |
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| | to be effective (idiom) | |
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| | (acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche | |
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| | (lit. and fig.) overnight | |
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| | an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation | |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | |
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| | to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled / to end up with nothing definite | |
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| | the road one must follow or take / the only way / same as 必由之路 | |
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| | uninvited or unexpected guest | |
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| | a match made in heaven (idiom) | |
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| | in other words | |
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| | ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) | |
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| | second (in a competition) / occupying second place | |
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| | overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning | |
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| | lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from | |
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| | Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖｜书圣 | |
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| | knowing oneself (idiom) / self-knowledge | |
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| | lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed | |
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| | invincible position | |
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| | to pay no heed to (idiom) / to ignore / to brush aside | |
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| | to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom) | |
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| | the way of maintaining good health | |
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| | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency | |
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| | proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) | |
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| | to lock one's door and refuse to see sb | |
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| | a person with knowledge and experience (idiom) | |
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| | implication | |
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| | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere | |
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| | lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides | |
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| | unspoken implication (idiom) / the actual meaning of what was said | |
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| | overt / to make no secret (of one's presence) / grandiose / with great scope | |
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| | to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase | |
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| | wherever one goes | |
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| | to hate sb to the bone (idiom) | |
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| | Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress | |
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| | a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness | |
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| | for this reason | |
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| | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip | |
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| | as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease | |
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| | lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort | |
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| | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山｜安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
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| | priceless treasure | |
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| | the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point | |
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| | a slight effort | |
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| | Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞｜莎士比亚 | |
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| | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | |
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| | to do one's best / to shape up / to behave / to fend for oneself / you're on your own | |
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| | period of ... years | |
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| | land of plenty / Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) | |
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| | words from the bottom of one's heart | |
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| | Quake (video game series) | |
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| | a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net | |
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| | to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient / overhasty | |
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| | troubled times / eventful period | |
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| | lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force | |
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| | sensible act | |
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| | way of life / attitude / modus operandi | |
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| | the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience | |
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| | Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區｜黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡｜黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义 | |
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| | an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit | |
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| | plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step | |
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| | to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels | |
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| | lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences | |
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| | (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey | |
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| | unhealthy tendency | |
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| | to astonish people (with a miraculous feat) | |
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| | master of the house / family head | |
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| | Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 | |
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| | bilateral / between two countries | |
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