- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; stingy; miserly; to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
- wave form
- to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model
- scientific research
- alpha (Greek letter Α, α)
- beta (Greek letter Β, β)
- burpee (loanword)
- coastal waters; offshore
- the surface of the sea; ocean surface
- eyesight; visual acuity
- barge; yacht; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- solution; method to settle an issue
- according to the situation; pragmatic; random
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight
- see 事到如今[shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1]
- entity; substance; thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence); the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
- to adapt; to fit; to suit
- natural gift; talent
- to leap
- the sides of a ship; (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
- deeply; heavily
- raft
- 划 huá: 划 hua2: to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth)划 huá: 划 hua2: to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)划 huà: 划 hua4: to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese character
- dense fog; fig. completely misleading
- to rise into the air; to become airborne
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- to reply; to answer
- coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
- Oh! (exclamation of dismay etc); used in 呦呦[you1 you1]
- (interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
- clear; bright
- to smoke (tobacco)