genuine / real / true / genuinely

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

variant of 夜

night

to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

variant of 叫

to have a reunion

variant of 夜

night

mythical beast (archaic)

surname Li

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire / ☲

see 傢伙｜家伙

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個｜个

outer / excluded

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

person living or traveling far from home

surname Du

all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

capital city / metropolis

to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

make light of traveling a thousand li / go to the trouble of traveling a long distance

Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician

Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan

far away / thousands of miles / 10000 li

to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until

to return home

to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

surname Quan

all / whole / entire / every / complete

household / (one's) family

to demand / to request / to coerce

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)

together

to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers)

to celebrate the Chinese New Year

dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi

is / are / am / yes / to be

variant of 是 / (used in given names)

early / prior / former / in advance / first

to knead dough

to do / to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to act as / to engage in / to hold (a party) / to be / to become / to function (in some capacity) / to serve as / to be used for / to form (a bond or relationship) / to pretend / to feign / to act a part / to put on appearance

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

surname Pi

leather / skin / fur / CL: 張｜张 / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty

again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis)

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

handbag / briefcase

see 上聲｜上声

on top / upon / above / upper / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university)

stuffing / forcemeat / filling

stuffing / forcemeat / filling

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

content / substance / details / CL: 個｜个, 項｜项

is / are / am / yes / to be

variant of 是 / (used in given names)

myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of

every kind of / all kinds of / various kinds

meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130

variant of 蜑

egg / CL: 個｜个, 打 / oval-shaped thing

seafood

season

vegetables / CL: 種｜种

class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

surname Du

all / both / entirely / (used for emphasis) even / already / (not) at all

capital city / metropolis

can / may / able to / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very

see 可汗

to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / to confirm or agree with / abbr. for 入聲｜入声

stuffing / forcemeat / filling

Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮｜朱祁镇 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗

orthodox

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked

is / are / am / yes / to be

variant of 是 / (used in given names)

Qingshui (place name) / Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name)

fresh water / drinking water / clear water

to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly

to fish up / to dredge up

to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

surname Hou

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

old variant of 以

old variant of 以

abbr. for Israel 以色列

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be

vinegar / jealousy (in love rivalry)

garlic / CL: 頭｜头, 瓣

tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man

sesame oil / perfumed oil

of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

see 的士

really and truly

aim / clear

soy sauce

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

variant of 為｜为 / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為｜为, because of / for / to

condiments / seasoning

to moisten / to be infected by / to receive benefit or advantage through a contact / to touch

variant of 沾 / to moisten

(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

aspect particle indicating action in progress

to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃

surname Ye

also / too / (in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation

to have / there is / there are / to exist / to be

to deep fry / Taiwan pr. [zha4]

to burst / to explode / to blow up / (fig.) to fly into a rage

dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

to brand / to iron / to bake (in a pan)

dumpling / pot-sticker / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

fried dumpling / potsticker

class / rank / grade / equal to / same as / to wait for / to await / et cetera / and so on / et al. (and other authors) / after / as soon as / once

way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked