- (idiom) barren land; desert
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- at the minimum; at the very least
- a little
- to survive (a serious accident); survival
- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
- wilderness
- condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race
- fifty
- to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)
- cavern; cave
- to overlook; to look down at
- (geography) basin; depression
- delay; procrastination
- brook; streamlet
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)
- melting snow; a thaw
- (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
- tribe
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
- to starve to death; to be very hungry
- (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- full moon
- during the night; at night; nighttime
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- (derog.) old fool; old bastard
- range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]