- posturing; pretentious; affected
- to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment
- to realize suddenly; to wake up to the truth; to suddenly awake from sleep
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- to be utterly defeated; to be routed
- the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
- (idiom) to feign civility
- to pile up; to heap; accumulation
- born at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate); born under an unlucky star; ahead of his time
- moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- sleek; shiny and smooth
- idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- city center; downtown
- office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- high building; multistory building; skyscraper; CL:座[zuo4]
- vertigo; dizziness; fainting; feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke); Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
- collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
- lady; madam; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]; Miss; Ms
- scar; traces
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
- cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- stain
- to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- to relax; relaxed; limp; lax
- a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
- trouser leg
- pocket; bag; sack
- inhuman; (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
- course; stream; sequence of processes; work flow in manufacturing
- efficiency
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to cut