- alarm bell
- steam whistle; ship horn
- to resound; to resonate
- to control; to restrain
- extremely
- apprehensive; on edge
- conflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[chang2]
- to envelop; to shroud
- intensity and spread of a fire
- to assail the nostrils; acrid; pungent
- to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
- to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
- (of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive
- to blow up; to destroy with explosives
- not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing
- the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
- flame; blaze
- to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
- line of sight
- (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace
- happy
- to fall over each other in their eagerness to...
- to cry; to weep
- to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- to gasp; to pant; asthma
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- loud sound
- to rock; to shake; to sway
- sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible); also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
- (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
- fracture; rupture; to break apart
- sound; noise
- fence
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- 石柱 shí zhù: 石柱 shi2 zhu4: stela; upright stone; obelisk石柱 Shí zhù: 石柱 Shi2 zhu4: Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
- to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)