- exceptionally good
- (derog.) opera singer; actor
- older brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- (idiom) sincere; heartfelt
- to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- (bound form) rat; mouse
- to besiege
- to get out of danger
- (American) Indian; native American; indigenous peoples of the Americas
- to treat unjustly; an injustice
- to spit on and curse; to revile
- it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
- 澄清 dèng qīng: 澄清 deng4 qing1: to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances澄清 chéng qīng: 澄清 cheng2 qing1: clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)
- to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- risk to one's life
- to begin a (judicial) court session
- to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard
- to close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.)
- to have no room to put sth; to be unable to let go
- to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- light and shadow; sunlight and shade
- innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)
- to defend oneself; to rebut a charge
- to press close to; to snuggle close; intimate
- main stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter; mainstream (culture etc)
- lingering sound
- old and frail; decrepit; doddering; decrepitude; infirmities of old age
- (lit. and fig.) puppet
- to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything
- to treasure; to value; to cherish
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb
- (idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
- pleasant to hear
- price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
- a hundredfold; (fig.) markedly; to increase markedly (transitive or intransitive) (often in reference to abstract attributes)
- to impose; to force upon
- lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom); fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- taciturn; uncommunicative; silent