- to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
- good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
- demonstrator; protester
- to read aloud
- peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)
- oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)
- (interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- conservative; reactionary
- place name; toponym
- to consult a reference; to refer to (another document)
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- to inhale; to breathe in
- August
- lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits; beside oneself
- military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
- to post a letter
- video camera; CL:部[bu4]
- typewriter
- middle part; central section; central region
- to relax; loose; not consolidated; not rigorous
- to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
- start; beginning
- ice hockey; puck
- (physics) to undergo nuclear fission; (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- question and answer
- to sign (an agreement)
- affidavit
- ancient times
- in a great mess; chaotic
- to surrender
- (of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
- to invite; an invitation
- to retreat
- private; secret; intimate
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office)