- as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
- to show; to reveal (one's feelings etc)
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- suitable; adequate; ready; settled
- (idiom) to feign civility
- 术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
- to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- Confucian scholar (old)
- art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
- persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- important classic text; severe laws
- to have one's head shaved
- bad name; evil reputation
- setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- to keep in the mouth; to contain
- firm; unyielding
- weak; delicate
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- 申 shēn: 申 shen1: to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°申 Shēn: 申 Shen1: old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]; surname Shen
- Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 斯 Sī: 斯 Si1: Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]斯 sī: 斯 si1: (phonetic); this
- (literary) beautiful surroundings; scenic spot; favorable stage; excellent state (of development, performance etc)
- mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- both of them; the two of them
- among; in; included among these
- to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 力 Lì: 力 Li4: surname Li力 lì: 力 li4: power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
- handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
- brains; mind; head; way of thinking
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- already; since; both... (and...)
- real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation