- to handle (affairs); to work
- worthwhile; to be a good deal; to be a bargain; to reckon up; to calculate
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- 柴 Chái: 柴 Chai2: surname Chai柴 chái: 柴 chai2: firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
- 木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
- rope; CL:根[gen1]
- to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
- to ask for guidance; to consult
- knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- grain of sand
- planet; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- highly intelligent; brilliant
- only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
- cash
- to pay in installments; payment in installments
- (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
- to collude; to collaborate; to gang up
- to deliver; to pay
- decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards
- middleman; buyer and seller
- to purchase; to buy in (goods)
- value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- stoop; parvis; portico; patio; veranda
- leather; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- to drive a vehicle
- gird; tighten
- prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
- muddy; turbid
- lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
- blue (color)
- 钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
- abdomen; belly; flank
- under the foot
- ankle
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc