- scales (to weigh things)
- over there; yonder
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- mafia
- Carlos (name)
- 塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct
- to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)
- KGB (Soviet secret police); member of the KGB
- Castro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
- to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1 yang1 Qing2 bao4 ju2])
- highly toxic; extremely poisonous
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- until
- 林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- to foresee; to anticipate
- razor
- principle; theory
- definite; exact; precise
- frugal; thrifty
- law; rule; code
- truth; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- with one's own hands; personally
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- wife; family; (literary) residence
- to be arrested; under arrest
- scapegoat
- to check; to verify
- lies; to lie
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- textbook; CL:本[ben3]
- depot; storehouse; warehouse
- building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- strength; energy; vigor; talent
- scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch
- hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial