- to overlook; to look down at
- to beat against the shore (of waves)
- ancient country
- to be wide open
- sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- east and west; east to west
- to shift; shift; translocation; displacement; (medicine) dislocation
- survival of the fittest (idiom)
- to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
- to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- "officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
- to take office; to assume a post
- vocation; duty; mission in life
- to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
- to achieve or accomplish goals
- perception; consciousness
- function
- to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades
- midair
- national strength; situation in a state
- 脊梁 jǐ liang: 脊梁 ji3 liang5: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)脊梁 jǐ liáng: 脊梁 ji3 liang2: backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
- lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it
- to run in parallel without hindrance; not mutually exclusive; two processes can be implemented without conflict
- to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well
- (idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
- internal affairs
- not essential; dispensable
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- to organize; to set up; to establish
- to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
- chronic disease; guilt; remorse