- a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
- oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)
- gravity
- (of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus
- (hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
- manacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs
- smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- to cut
- the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声; the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
- a moment; an instant; in a flash
- stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- to hit (a target)
- to move away
- at this point; thus; from then on
- to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- (bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
- upper class
- on top of; at the summit
- thoracic cavity
- to be saved
- to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
- clear; limpid
- loud and clear; resounding
- to shake (a part of one's body); to shrug (shoulders); to create a sensation; to incite
- to flow out; to issue; to leak
- to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)
- to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced; to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc); to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- to stop; to cease
- brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
- pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
- to scare; to frighten
- self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
- to guarantee; reliable; for sure
- to spread widely
- to show respect for; to think highly of
- to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture