- to write characters in simplified form; the simplified form of a character; to abbreviate (a word or expression); to write in simple language
- 新纪元 xīn jì yuán: 新纪元 xin1 ji4 yuan2: new era; new epoch新纪元 Xīn jì yuán: 新纪元 Xin1 ji4 yuan2: New Age (movement)
- adept; skilled
- to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
- vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
- to slander; to defame; to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
- anthropologist
- wise and farsighted
- (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
- Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
- Buddhist
- full; plump
- seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- provincial or county guild hall
- Hokkaidō, Japan
- false; phony; sham
- Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; emperor of Japan
- Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
- divinity
- tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist
- industry and commerce
- in time with (i.e. same rhythm); to keep in step with; fig. to cooperate
- 冷战 lěng zhàn: 冷战 leng3 zhan4: cold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms冷战 lěng zhan: 冷战 leng3 zhan5: (coll.) shiver; shudder冷战 Lěng zhàn: 冷战 Leng3 zhan4: (US-Soviet) Cold War
- to listen (respectfully)
- to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace; favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand
- matters; arrangements
- to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致詞|致词
- (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum; (slang) to not wear underwear
- conveyor belt; transmission belt