- anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
- to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
- to state; to declare; statement; declaration; CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]
- to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
- top-notch; first-rate
- distilled water
- to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
- early period; early phase; early stage
- Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1]
- theatrical
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to count down; countdown
- core; nucleus
- 烟火 yān hǔo: 烟火 yan1 huo3: smoke and fire; cooked food; (literary) beacon fire; (literary) descendants; posterity烟火 yān huo: 烟火 yan1 huo5: fireworks
- to disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective); free (component)
- (lit. and fig.) to cool
- chemical reaction
- light beam; light pillar (atmospheric optics)
- summit; peak
- to look straight at
- column of flame
- to rupture; to burst; to explode
- (of smoke) to disperse; to dissipate; (of birds) to fly away in all directions
- eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- imprint; trace
- graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble
- 烙 lào: 烙 lao4: to brand; to iron; to bake (in a pan)烙 lùo: 烙 luo4: used in 炮烙[pao2 luo4]
- to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- customary
- delight; pleasure; joy
- to nitpick; petty criticism; to nag
- to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- (coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure
- to float; to drift; to wander
- to distill; distillation