quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals

intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously

hardworking; assiduous

stiff; inflexible; mechanical; stubborn; to cut blocks for printing

lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable

variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]

to inscribe

engraving knife; carving knife (for wood, stone etc)

to grab money; to exploit

to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression

(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning

marked scale; graduated scale

to record on a CD or DVD; to burn a disc

variant of 克日[ke4 ri4]

variant of 克期[ke4 qi1]

block printed edition

spiteful; venomous

engraved blocks (for printing)

to portray

notch

ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted

dial (e.g. of a radio etc)

disk burner

to brook no delay; to demand immediate action

to make a conscious effort; to do something deliberately

assiduous and painstaking

stereotype

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering; hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity

to study diligently

harsh and merciless (idiom)

deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result