-a, final particle, frequently indicates some degree of presumption

Bai´ Xu` Guang¯, name of a shopkeeper.

bang¯ ta¯ -de mang´, lit., help her busy (tasks) --> help her

bang¯ zhu`, help

bing` bu´ shi`, definitely is

bu´ guo`, however

bu´ pa`, am not afraid of

bu´ qu`, not go -- not procede to do

bu´ shi`, it is not

bu´ yao`, do not want, do not require, am not required to

bu´ yong`, lit., do not use, i.e., do not need to

bu´ yong` pa`, not + use + to fear = you do not need to be afraid

bu´ yao` pa`, do not be afraid

bu´ zai`, not + located at = not present

bu` zhi¯ dao` shei´, [I] don't know who [it was who]

cai´, only then

cheng´ gong¯ accompling +

chu¯ -le shi`, come out + "did it" marker + event = something bad had happened

chu¯ -le shen´ -mo shi`, What (bad thing) happened?

chu¯ men´, to exit the door, i.e.,

da` jia¯, lit., the Chinese extended everybody

dang¯ ZZZ, holding ZZZ position ---> being in ZZZ condition ---> while

dao` chu` dou¯, everywhere

dao` jin¯ tian¯ wei´ zhi°, motion toward a destination + today + to be + to stop = up until today

dao` -le ta¯ jia¯ -li qu`, "did it" marker + go to her house --> having gone to her house

XXX de YYY in chinese becomes

ZZZ -de shi´ hou`, the time that ZZZ, when ZZZ

fa¯ xian`, to discover

gan` huo´, to do something to earn

gei°, basic meaning is "to give,"

gen¯, basic meaning is "to follow,"

gong¯ zuo`, work, a job

guan¯ xin¯, to close + heart --> to be concerned about, to hold somebody in high esteem and therefore to care about them

hai´, still

hai` pa`, lit., injured by fear --> to be afraid

hai` ren´, to do injury to people

hen°, very

hen° duo¯ -de XXX, XXX that is very many XXX or much XXX

hao° pa` -de ZZZ, good + fear + subordinating particle --> ZZZ that it is (good =) worthwhile fearing, i.e., thing that is to be feared

hen´ hao°, (very) good

hua`, words; what you say

hui´ -le jia¯, return + "did it" marker + home = did return home, having returned home...

jia¯ -li, home

jie`, to borrow (also, depending

jin¯ tian¯, today

jiu` -shi, is exactly, is just

kai¯, to open --> to turn on

kai¯ ye`, to open + enterprise -->

kan` -kan, reduplicating "look" gives it a casual sense: take a look

ke°, -- In an adverbial use, ke° is an intensifier, similar to "really" in English.

ke° -shi, but

lai´, to come

lao´ ban°, proprietor

lao° da` ge¯, venerable elder brother,

lao° Huang´, "old" Huang -- the

-le, "le" following a verb indicates

ma° tai` -tai, Mrs. Ma

-ma is a sentence ending that turns a statement into a question

mai` li`, lit., to sell strength -->

mei´ you°, to not have --> to not

ming´ bai´, to understand (as by an intuitive leap -- does not apply to, e.g., a phrase or a sentence UNLESS it's an "Oh! I get it!" experience.

nei` yi´ wei`, that one "person of status" -- that person

na` xie¯, nei` xie¯, that + several --> those

na`, as a sentence opener "na`"

ni´ hao°, a greeting, "May you be

ni° kan`, solicitation, almost a

ni° -men, you (plural)

ni° -men -de ZZZ, the ZZZ of (belonging to) yours

ni° zai1 zher` -de XXX, the XXX

ni° zi` ji°, you yourself

nin´, you (formal)

ni°, you

This whose phrase,

qi´ shi´, lit., its reality, i.e.,

qian2money

qiao¯ zha`, to shake somebody down

qu`, to go (in order to...)

rong´ yi`, contain + easy = easy

shuo¯ lai´ shuo¯ qu`, to go back and forth over some subject of discourse

shei´ dou¯, X person + all = all X persons --> everybody

shen´ -mo, X thing --> (1) what (2) something

shi` is the main verb in this

shi`, is, are

shi` bu´ -shi, is it or is it not...

shou° xia`, hand + under =

shuo¯, to say --> to discuss

Shui° Cheng´ Jie¯, "Water City-Wall Street," name of a street

ta¯, she, her

ta¯ jia¯, his family (or, his home)

ta¯ kan`, he perceives that -->

ta¯ -men, they, them

tai` hao° -le, That's extremely

tian¯ -tian, on a daily basis

tan´ hua`, to chat

tan´ bu´ dao` yi´ kuar` qu`, chat + not + arrive + together + go = "can't get on the same wavelength"

Wang´ Xian¯ -sheng, Mr. Wang (He's

Wang´ lao° xian¯ -sheng, the venerable Mr. Wang

Wang´ Lao°, possibly an abbreviation of Wang´ Lao° Xian¯ -sheng, it indicates extreme deference. In Taiwan it is used far less, oddly, than in the "egalitarian" mainland.

wei` -le ta¯ hao°, for the sake

wei` ta¯ hao°, for his benefit

wei` shen´ -mo, for the sake of Why? What for?

wo°, I, me, my

wo° -men, we

wo° -men zher`, our [place] here,

"wo° zhi¯ dao`" is a COMMENT

Xi¯ Bei¯ Hu°, "Tiger of the North West" -- You can probably tell by the name he chose for himself that he is not a very nice guy.

xiang°, think --> would like to

yi´ -ge, one, a single

XXX yi° hou`, XXX + to the + aft =

yi` -si, meaning, intent, significance

yi´ jian` shi`, a matter, a certain

you°, to have

you°, to have --> there are. If

you° shi`, to have business to

zai`, located at. Remember

zai` ben° di`, located at + root +

zhe`, this

zhe`, this. In the present case,

zhe` -mo, so (exclamatory)

zhen¯, genuine (not forged,

zhei` hui´ shi`, This MW event.

zhen` -mo yi´ hui` shi`, any such event

zhi¯ dao`, to know (some kind of

zhi°, only

zhu` zai`, resides at

zi` gu´ yi° lai´, from +

zi` ji°, self

zi` lai´ shui°, self + come + water = "city water" or pumped-in water

zong°, always

zou° chu¯ lai´, walk + exit + come + came out of there

zui` you° di` wei`, most has

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