第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 青年团 青年團 qīng nián tuán youth corps / youth wing of a political party 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 古惑仔 gǔ huò zǎi gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 中国共产主义青年团 中國共產主義青年團 zhōng guó gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 裔 yì (bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 藉 jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn 摄 攝 shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn 詹 zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 斐 fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ) 眩 xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn 匡 kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn 惺 xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 颐 頤 yí (literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn 盎 àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn 敛 斂 liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 诡 詭 guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 跖 zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn 杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 钜 鉅 jù (literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4] 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 瑛 yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade 殆 dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 湮 yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1] 庋 guǐ (literary) shelf / (literary) to store / to keep / to preserve 赍 齎 jī (literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented 挹 yì (literary) to scoop up / to ladle out / (literary) to draw toward oneself syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 栊 櫳 lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn 蕻 hòng (literary) luxuriant / flourishing / (literary) bud / (dialect) long stem of certain vegetables 儇 xuān (literary) ingenious / (literary) frivolous syn 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 蔀 bù (literary) to cover / to shelter / (literary) 76 years (unit of time in ancient calendars) 踣 bó (literary) to tumble / to fall down / (literary) to fall dead syn 青少年 qīng shào nián adolescent / youth / teenager syn 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 青春 qīng chūn youth / youthfulness syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 妙龄 妙齡 miào líng (of a girl) in the prime of youth syn 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 头角 頭角 tóu jiǎo youngster's talent / brilliance of youth syn 知青 zhī qīng educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2] syn 共青团 共青團 gòng qīng tuán the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团[Gong4 chan3 zhu3 yi4 Qing1 nian2 tuan2] 北京青年报 北京青年報 běi jīng qīng nián bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949 中国青年报 中國青年報 zhōng guó qīng nián bào China Youth Daily, www.cyol.net 青年志愿者 青年誌願者 youth volunteer 中青 zhōng qīng China Youth (official newspaper) (abbr. for 中國青年報|中国青年报[Zhong1 guo2 Qing1 nian2 Bao4]) 芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth 入团 入團 rù tuán to enroll in the Communist Youth League 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 支书 支書 zhī shū branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 青旅 qīng lǚ youth hostel / abbr. for 青年旅舍[qing1 nian2 lu:3 she4] 青年会 青年會 qīng nián huì YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844) 暴走族 bào zǒu zú people who go on walks for exercise / (Tw) rebel youth motorcycle group 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 少年先锋队 少年先鋒隊 shào nián xiān fēng duì Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队 和 hé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) syn 也 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn 