- originally; at first; at the outset
- to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- stone statue
- half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- 蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
- to form; to take shape
- still; immobile; static; stationary
- to approach; to get close to
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- but; however
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- stiff; rigid
- incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible
- rope
- (lit. and fig.) puppet
- 转 zhuǎn: 转 zhuan3: to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)转 zhuǎi: 转 zhuai3: see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]转 zhuàn: 转 zhuan4: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- soundless; silent
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- fist; boxing
- to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose
- 折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- stalk; stem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- clumsy; awkward; stupid
- to beat (sb or sth) into (a certain condition); to denounce (sb) as (sth contemptible)
- 结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
- power; force; strength
- to control; to dominate; to allocate
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- god; spirit; demon; occult or supernatural entities in general
- devil
- to struggle
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to gasp; to pant; asthma
- gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- to force; to compel
- movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- to snap sth off; to break
- (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous
- on the ground; on the floor
- to control; in control of
- to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)