- corner (between walls)
- "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
- street; road; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- one's mind
- to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- nine-tenths; ninety percent
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 写意 xiě yì: 写意 xie3 yi4: to suggest (rather than depict in detail); freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details写意 xiè yì: 写意 xie4 yi4: comfortable; enjoyable; relaxed
- to get there in one step (idiom); easily done; success at a stroke; to get results overnight
- flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
- willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
- to create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
- every year; each year; yearly
- difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve
- to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
- 满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group
- (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure; high voltage; systolic blood pressure; high-handed; oppressive
- tepid; to warm up (food etc)
- to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- grievance; resentment; complaint
- to suffer from (a disadvantage)
- to give vent to (one's feelings)
- as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence; in a drunken stupor
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
- to see; to catch sight of
- to hear
- to shout
- to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily
- if (coming after a conditional clause)
- to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve