1. teacher
2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
3. husband
4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位

1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
3. (literary) Taoist priest
4. (literary) ancestor
5. (literary) father and elder brother
6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
7. Taoist priest
8. ancestor
9. father and elder brother
10. husband
11. one who was born earlier
12. traditional Chinese medicine physician

1. not long (after)
2. before too long
3. soon
4. soon after

1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then
2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after
3. (same as 就是 jiùshì) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
4. only; as little as
5. as much as; as many as
6. to approach; to move towards
7. to undertake; to engage in
8. (often followed by 着 zhe) taking advantage of
9. (of food) to go with
10. with regard to; concerning
11. (pattern: 就 jiù ... 也 yě ...) even if ... still ...
12. (pattern: 不 bù ... 就 jiù ...) if not ... then must be ...

1. to recuperate
2. to recover (health)
3. to convalesce

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly