- to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- to investigate; to delve; to probe; to enquire into; to look into
- to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate
- to leave; to exit
- lost game; losing battle
- classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc
- to witness personally
- inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal
- to deceive; to cheat
- move; act; measure
- to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
- can't help it; can't bear it
- to sweat
- in the past; formerly
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural; (bound form) whole; entire; all over
- outmoded; old-fashioned; inflexible
- to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive
- the slightest amount or degree; a bit
- to live without purpose
- to sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive
- time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- (bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- sin; crime; wrongdoing
- to apologize; to regret; deficient
- to be afraid; to be scared
- 吓 xià: 吓 xia4: to frighten; to scare吓 hè: 吓 he4: to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
- unfilial
- to rebel against the emperor (idiom)
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- to run into misfortune
- to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable; (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float
- policy; guidelines; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means
- to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- old adage; ancient teaching
- to worry; to be concerned