- navy vessel; (coast guard) patrol boat
- to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce
- 倒数 dào shù: 倒数 dao4 shu4: inverse number; reciprocal (math.)倒数 dào shǔ: 倒数 dao4 shu3: to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)
- to measure time; to time; to reckon by time
- blaze; flame
- extremely hot (weather); blazing (sun); (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
- clean; neat
- to slide; sliding movement
- intention; regard; kindly feelings
- lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- to spurn; to disdain
- 约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males; male servants
- weak; frail; thin; flimsy
- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- overhead; elevated (walkway, highway etc); elevated road
- spider web; cobweb
- scaffolding
- to link; to join; link; connection
- crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
- plane (flat surface); print media
- to the south of (suffix)
- season; time
- ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
- dip; angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal); tilt (inclination of ship from vertical)
- inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting
- brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- silk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
- evening mist
- to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
- more (than sth else); even more
- satisfactory; consummate; perfect
- to occupy illegally; to seize (territory); to entrench (oneself)
- this life; this age
- oval; ellipse; elliptic
- to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal