- horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking
- to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on
- cushy job; pleasant task
- place; seat
- not necessarily; not likely
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- 下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude
- arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- to stand straight; attention! (order to troops)
- to celebrate
- to get a promotion
- generous gifts
- to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- a rectangular parallelepiped
- captain; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
- gold and silver
- in order; in succession
- congratulatory gift
- to assuage one's anger; gratifying (esp. to see sb get their comeuppance)
- fishy and smelly
- to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
- box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
- bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
- person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
- eight
- to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
- to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)
- sticky; glutinous; slow-moving
- bullet hole
- ten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball
- to feel numb
- lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
- later generations