- to differ to some extent (idiom)
- reference material (used in scholarly study)
- Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan; cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957
- argument; line of reasoning; thesis; point (of discussion)
- to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
- sensitive; sensitivity
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc)
- to compel; to force
- (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
- to catch up with; to keep pace with
- suddenly; abruptly
- to hesitate
- footstep; step
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out
- not able to see clearly
- to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)
- to identify clearly; to make sure of; to believe firmly
- sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best
- open-minded; humble
- latest; newest
- hardships; arduous; difficult
- the way back; one's journey home
- famous school; noted school of thought
- model (example worthy of being imitated); template
- to look for
- to decipher; to decode; to interpret
- main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme
- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud; (also used figuratively)
- sentiment; feeling
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- to erupt; an eruption
- volcano