- to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
- lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); fig. to get instant results
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- not very; not particularly
- there is no lack of
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- pulse (both medical and figurative)
- to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about
- to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
- to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- childhood
- perception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental
- fairy tale
- children's fairy tales
- beautiful
- princess
- kiss; to kiss; mouth
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- toad
- handsome
- prince; son of a king
- to be in effect; in force; current
- to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
- to kiss; kiss
- to be deeply hidden; to lie deep (in some place)
- steady; calm and collected; not nervous
- rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
- crowded to bursting point; filled to overflowing; jam-packed
- knee
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- to plan and prepare
- to adapt; to fit; to suit
- to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job
- to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions)
- (increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually
- to turn white-hot; to intensify; to reach a climax
- lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- to salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to; to pay homage to
- 西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)