1. because
2. owing to
3. on account of

1. as the time draws near
2. at the last moment
3. temporary
4. interim
5. ad hoc

1. to be occupied with sth
2. to have sth on one's mind
3. there is something the matter

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. very; quite
2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

1. to be sorry
2. to feel apologetic
3. sorry!

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. moon
2. month
3. monthly

classifiers: 個, 輪

1. sun
2. day
3. date, day of the month

1. that day
2. the other day

1. cannot
2. must not
3. should not

1. heel
2. to follow closely
3. to go with
4. (of a woman) to marry sb
5. with
6. compared with
7. to
8. towards
9. and (joining two nouns)

1. to meet
2. to run into (sb)
3. to get together (with sb)

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