- in the blink of an eye
- to vanish; to be nowhere to be found; unfounded (story)
- to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- to run away; to flee in disarray
- intestines
- (idiom) sprawled out on one's back
- abdominal cavity
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- liver
- lungs
- in disorder; messy; Taiwan pr. [san4 luan4]
- knitting wool; wool yarn
- ferocious beast; fierce animal
- 闷 mèn: 闷 men4: bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed闷 mēn: 闷 men1: stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly
- to interweave
- tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- to keep silent
- to rescue; to pluck from danger
- to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
- to make one's home; to take shelter
- life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
- to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- to survive (a serious accident); survival
- beast; wild animal
- (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
- in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- to investigate; to look into
- to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
- (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
- collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group
- (idiom) dead end; road to ruin