1. to fish (with line and hook); to angle
2. (fig.) to entrap
3. (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

1. front
2. forward
3. ahead
4. first
5. top (followed by a number)
6. future
7. ago
8. before
9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
10. former
11. formerly

1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

1. to dig
2. to excavate
3. to scoop out

1. to go out; to come out
2. to arise; to occur
3. to produce; to yield
4. to go beyond; to exceed
5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

1. insect
2. bug
3. worm

classifiers: 條, 隻

1. to be
2. to act as
3. manage
4. withstand
5. when
6. during
7. ought
8. should
9. match equally
10. equal
11. same
12. obstruct
13. just at (a time or place)
14. on the spot
15. right
16. just at

1. at or in the very same...
2. suitable
3. adequate
4. fitting
5. proper
6. to replace
7. to regard as
8. to think
9. to pawn
10. (coll.) to fail (a student)

1. pastry
2. food
3. to swallow
4. to lure
5. bait
6. lure