- cause; factor; cause of formation
- large flat bread
- budget
- to enact laws; to legislate; legislation
- member (of a legislative body); representative
- to levy taxes
- family member
- taxation
- government bond
- to dispute
- a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- to revise; to edit
- creditor
- to extract; to remove; to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
- royalty (on books)
- income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet
- to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
- 项 Xiàng: 项 Xiang4: surname Xiang项 xiàng: 项 xiang4: back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
- to output; to deliver (energy, data, signals etc); to export (goods, services, technology etc)
- to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)
- predecessor; forebears; the person facing you
- later generation
- substantially; by a wide margin
- (idiom) to live frugally
- hardworking and frugal
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
- trade surplus
- to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
- annoyed; riled; vexed
- to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- tenant farmer; sharecropper
- Republican Party
- Democratic Party
- to give an example
- 同仁 Tóng rén: 同仁 Tong2 ren2: see 同仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4]同仁 tóng rén: 同仁 tong2 ren2: (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession)
- (sports) heavyweight class; (fig.) important; major; prominent; influential
- to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known
- substantive; substantial; material; considerable
- (aviation) soft landing; (economics) soft landing
- to hit the target and do real damage (idiom); fig. to hit where it hurts; fig. to hit home; an argument that hits the nail on the head