- strong; solid; sturdy; firm; practical
- aforementioned; above-mentioned
- to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- to comment; a point by point commentary
- immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- to cut off; to sever
- to experience for oneself
- business; trade; commerce
- to wrap; to package (goods etc); packaging; packing materials; (fig.) to present attractively; to craft an image; to package (sb or sth)
- to be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc); (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn); bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
- main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)
- above
- 盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
- to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- to eliminate; to remove
- to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
- domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- (literary) to eliminate; to put an end to (sth undesirable)
- dividing range; drainage divide; (fig.) dividing line; watershed
- odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- ignorant; ignorance
- to follow the trend; to jump on the bandwagon
- tribe
- -ism; ideology
- sometimes; now and then
- false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- origin; root (cause)
- every year; each year; yearly
- year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc