- (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- waterway; ship channel
- ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall
- 泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained
- reef
- 眉目 méi mu: 眉目 mei2 mu5: progress; prospect of solution; sign of positive outcome眉目 méi mù: 眉目 mei2 mu4: general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing); rough sketch or general idea of things
- to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
- procedure; CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]; formalities
- to hack to death; to kill with an ax
- battle-ax
- to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
- owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- murderer; assassin
- 么 ma: 么 ma5: interrogative final particle么 má: 么 ma2: exclamatory final particle么 me: 么 me5: suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc么 Yāo: 么 Yao1: surname Yao么 yāo: 么 yao1: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes
- (idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
- at the scene; on the spot
- to meet violent death; to get killed
- adequate; sufficient; abundant
- the world; this world; the world of the living
- toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
- to hand over
- cause of death
- to ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- committee; commission
- to handle; to transact; to conduct
- children; sons and daughters
- there is no harm in; might as well
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- to submit an expense account; to apply for reimbursement; to write off; to wipe out
- Parliament (UK); Congress (US); Diet (Japan); Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
- emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- special fund; money allocated for a particular purpose
- troops under one's command; subordinate
- to pay out; to compensate; (insurance) payment
- unknown number; (fig.) an unknown; an uncertainty
- to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town)
- to have experienced a lot of; to have been through