- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash
- to offer a cigarette (to a guest)
- first place
- reason; cause
- (on the) chest; bosom
- 削 xuē: 削 xue1: to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]削 xiāo: 削 xiao1: to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
- varnished cloth; linoleum
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom); absolute certainty about sth
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- (onom.) rapid breathing
- analogy; instance; for instance
- to lose; to suffer defeat
- to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
- a Christian
- to give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards
- (of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
- malicious
- to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself
- original
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- to present as a gift
- why bother?; is it worth the trouble?
- useless; worthless
- long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
- chalk; CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]
- 绿 lù: 绿 lu4: used in names绿 lǜ: 绿 lu:4: green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
- to separate; to disperse
- to get a job; employment
- poor and rich
- to employ; to hire
- meaning
- body and mind; mental and physical
- to increase; to strengthen