- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- courage
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- still; as before; yet
- to be in (some state, position, or condition)
- progressively; step by step
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- pyramid (building or structure)
- attention
- to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
- 东方 dōng fāng: 东方 dong1 fang1: east东方 Dōng fāng: 东方 Dong1 fang1: the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang
- hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development)
- to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
- 观 Guàn: 观 Guan4: surname Guan观 guàn: 观 guan4: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform观 guān: 观 guan1: to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook
- just as; precisely as
- to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render
- active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- to compete; competition
- to defeat; to beat
- opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
- and even; to go so far as to
- to describe; to depict; to portray
- 得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- hero; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- rival; competitor
- a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- to collapse; to topple over
- cause; origin; root cause; reason; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- conclusion; ending
- to hinge on; to be decided by; to depend on
- whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible?
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- no more; no longer
- (of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- rather
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- a series of; a string of
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)