- to set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics)
- javelin
- center of target; bull's eye
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- nose
- religious ceremony
- in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
- (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
- over and over again; again and again
- wait and see (who is right)
- 闷 mèn: 闷 men4: bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed闷 mēn: 闷 men1: stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly
- below zero (esp. temperature)
- to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
- frostbite; chilblains
- south; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River
- to equip; to fit out; to get ready (for a journey); to arrange (clothes) to be ready
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- pike; lance; CL:把[ba3],柄[bing3]
- (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
- whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- to fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
- spear; lance; pike; CL:支[zhi1]
- to trudge; to trek
- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
- to show off; to make a display of
- rock strata
- sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate
- the Philippines
- 好吃 hǎo chī: 好吃 hao3 chi1: tasty; delicious好吃 hào chī: 好吃 hao4 chi1: to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous