- one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly
- direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
- method; way; technique; procedure
- symbolic; emblem; token
- to compensate; to make up
- to break; to smash
- joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game)
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- to wane; to vanish gradually
- to adopt; to employ; to use
- crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
- patient; sufferer
- timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- to wake sb up with a noise
- in any case; anyhow; after all
- danger; dangerous
- to chatter; nonsense; blather
- specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional
- dirty water; sewage
- basin
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- deep in one's heart
- 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
- in silence; not speaking
- rough sketch (of a painting); (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
- 卷 juàn: 卷 juan4: scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty
- to hand it (i.e. the aforementioned item) to (sb)
- to be surprised; to be astonished
- to take (sth proffered)
- 经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied