- 绕 rào: 绕 rao4: to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex绕 rào: 绕 rao4: to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour
- see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
- determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
- to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
- one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
- monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (economics) standard; benchmark (as in 金本位[jin1 ben3 wei4] "gold standard"); one's own department or unit; central reference point; fundamental frame of reference (used after a noun N, indicates an N-centered outlook, as in 學校本位|学校本位[xue2 xiao4 ben3 wei4] "school-centered approach")
- 失调 shī diào: 失调 shi1 diao4: out of tune (music)失调 shī tiáo: 失调 shi1 tiao2: imbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- structure; composition; tectonic (geology); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- to take root; to establish a base
- now; at the present (time)
- city; metropolis
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- norm; standard; criterion
- new shoot; new sprout
- Song dynasty (960-1279)
- 吕 Lǚ: 吕 Lu:3: surname Lü吕 lǚ: 吕 lu:3: pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
- to build (housing); to construct; to make
- local
- to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)
- ancient; old; age-old
- full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- motive force; prime mover; first cause; agent
- having foresight; a person of foresight
- to exert a gradual influence; to nurture; a corrupting influence
- to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- situation; circumstance
- to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- populism
- to go to the countryside