- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- seawater
- to go out
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- food
- to consult; to talk over; to discuss
- convener
- energy
- 搜 sōu: 搜 sou1: to search搜 sōu: 搜 sou1: (bound form) to collect; to gather
- sea area; territorial waters; maritime space
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- (so as) to avoid; to prevent; (just) in case
- (of enemy forces) to invade; to attack
- alone
- maritime
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- nature; natural; naturally
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- to flow
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- (idiom) endless; boundless; infinite
- ocean
- to be witness to; witness; evidence
- to arrive; arrival; advent
- to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)
- nautical mile
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- bird
- to tell the truth; honestly; in fact
- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb
- to accept; to take; next; following
- to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
- apparently; it seems that