- famous and valuable; rare; precious
- public finance; government finance
- 总长 zǒng cháng: 总长 zong3 chang2: total length总长 zǒng zhǎng: 总长 zong3 zhang3: name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by 部長|部长[bu4 zhang3]
- attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless
- to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality
- truly; indeed; severely; harshly
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- pipedream; unrealizable plan
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- slight; minor; small; slightly
- an experienced person; sb who has "been around (the block)"; sb who has personally experienced it
- veiled criticism
- teacher; instructor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to write an article
- to throw out; to get rid of
- wholeheartedly; heart and soul
- to stop; to halt; to cease
- 同行 tóng xíng: 同行 tong2 xing2: to journey together同行 tóng háng: 同行 tong2 hang2: person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
- 伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)
- 当日 dàng rì: 当日 dang4 ri4: that very day; the same day当日 dāng rì: 当日 dang1 ri4: on that day
- unsuitable; improper; inappropriate
- to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
- to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
- 大意 dà yi: 大意 da4 yi5: careless大意 dà yì: 大意 da4 yi4: general idea; main idea
- to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- chain
- fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]; oval-shaped thing
- paradox (logic)
- group; sect; clique; faction; school
- to state clearly
- to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)
- way of proceeding; approach (to a task etc)
- never
- to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears)
- magic; magic power
- empiricism