- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- to require much effort
- to fight; to wage war
- strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
- to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
- exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
- miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
- the secular world
- lamentable
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
- to do one's utmost
- to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into
- reason; cause
- to contain; including
- to blame oneself
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- world; earth
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- crime; evil; sin
- error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency
- brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy; brushwork; style of drawing or writing
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- secret; hidden
- abyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
- to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements)
- premise; precondition; prerequisite
- diversification; pluralism; to diversify
- deep-rooted (problem etc)
- stubborn; obstinate
- to resist; to defy; to oppose
- Republic of China
- veil
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- unification (of the nation); large scale unification
- one's appearance; one's aspect; looks; features
- to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- to compete with; to vie with; to counter
- predicament; plight
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- self-sustaining; economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc)
- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- to sever; to break off