- trail; clues; thread (of a story)
- founder; pioneer
- degree; level; extent
- once more; once again; one more time
- to regard as important; to value
- variegation; diversity
- 别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- groundbreaking
- climate change
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- 巴 bā: 巴 ba1: to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail巴 Bā: 巴 Ba1: Ba, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan); the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality; surname Ba; (bound form) abbr. for 巴勒斯坦[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3] (Palestine), 巴基斯坦[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3] (Pakistan) or 巴西[Ba1 xi1] (Brazil)
- 加 jiā: 加 jia1: to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)")加 Jiā: 加 Jia1: Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 卢 lú: 卢 lu2: (old) rice vessel; black; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy卢 Lú: 卢 Lu2: surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]
- 皮 pí: 皮 pi2: skin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering; (of food) no longer crisp; soggy; (coll.) naughty; mischievous; pico- (10⁻¹²)皮 Pí: 皮 Pi2: surname Pi
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 柏 Bǎi: 柏 Bai3: surname Bai; Taiwan pr. [Bo2]柏 bǎi: 柏 bai3: cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]柏 bó: 柏 bo2: (used for transcribing names)柏 bò: 柏 bo4: used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2 bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- 墨 Mò: 墨 Mo4: surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico墨 mò: 墨 mo4: ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
- China
- 郑 zhèng: 郑 zheng4: used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4]郑 Zhèng: 郑 Zheng4: Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4], a county-level city in Henan; abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], the capital of Henan; surname Zheng
- mirror image
- Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 松 Sōng: 松 Song1: surname Song松 sōng: 松 song1: pine; CL:棵[ke1]松 sōng: 松 song1: loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- unfailing; never-ending
- Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
- 三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San
- 体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
- public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- double
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- novella
- recovery; to recover
- new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new student
- warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom); pleasing; delightful
- Finland
- used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]; used in the transliteration of female names
- to esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to; to revere
- fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy