- 丧 sāng: 丧 sang1: mourning; funeral; (old) corpse丧 sàng: 丧 sang4: to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- (bound form) country; nation; state
- subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- to interfere in state affairs; to meddle in politics
- to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- the Eastern Hemisphere
- the Western Hemisphere
- long-established; time-honored
- dozen
- context
- form of government
- part; local
- fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to construct; to build; structure; framework; architecture
- (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
- to mend
- to rob (with force); bandit; robber; CL:個|个[ge4]
- unhelpful; useless
- personal strength; one's special ability or strong points
- concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
- at long last; finally; on the whole
- to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction
- lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
- bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- to exist at the same time; to coexist
- (idiom) faint; indistinct
- substance; essence
- stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story
- modern history
- look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]
- representativeness; representative; typical
- young; childish; puerile
- (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
- ten million; countless; many; one must by all means
- to flare up; to break out
- old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse; fig. to repeat an old error; the same old problem
- low; base; vulgar; inferior; humble