- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- history; antecedents; origin
- the young (unborn or newborn) of an animal; larva
- beach; CL:片[pian4]
- a gleam of hope
- misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- lit. to blossom and bear fruit (idiom); fig. to come to fruition; to yield favorable results
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- (coll.) not a chance; no way; hopeless
- to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce
- marine trench
- wine and women; color of wine; drunken expression
- water so clear you can see the bottom
- the bottom of a body of water
- (loanword) chocolate; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- crust; hard shell
- picky; fussy
- heavy man; fat man; lunkhead; lummox; lug
- calyx of a flower
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
- eye-catching; conspicuous
- needle-shaped
- rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
- (idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
- fast and nimble
- agility
- to apprehend; to capture; to seize
- handkerchief; CL:方[fang1]
- to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
- to play tricks on sb
- population (of a species); community (of animals or plants)
- frog; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- similar
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- figure; physique; posture