- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance; nothing new to show
- to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
- 麦 Mài: 麦 Mai4: surname Mai麦 mài: 麦 mai4: wheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麥克風|麦克风[mai4 ke4 feng1])
- Southwest Asia
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
- cadence; rhythm; rhyme scheme; meter (in verse); (linguistics) prosody
- length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group
- accurate; exact; precise; precision
- 步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- an original idea
- mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken
- to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- to study meticulously; to delve into
- somewhat; to some extent
- to protect; cover; shelter; hide or harbor
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- to convert to (a religion)
- 正统 Zhèng tǒng: 正统 Zheng4 tong3: Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]正统 zhèng tǒng: 正统 zheng4 tong3: orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate
- solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
- to fail to meet each other; to conflict with each other; to be at odds with
- idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- military exercise; army drill
- to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
- to take out; to extract
- to do military training
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- procedures; sequence; order; computer program
- displeased; annoyed
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest