- large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
- inspection; to examine; to inspect; CL:次[ci4]
- health status
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- to check; to inquire; to consult (a document etc); inquiry; query
- Pacific Ocean
- to consult; to refer to; to look sth up in a reference source
- one's conduct and deeds
- BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
- sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- to last forever; eternal; enduring
- rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)
- shrub; shrubbery
- to infer
- bird
- to apply sth more broadly; by logical extension; and, by extension,
- interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
- oil field
- steam engine
- to import; to input
- to sort; to arrange in order
- growth rate
- to discount
- to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)
- entirely different; different as black and white
- 唉 ài: 唉 ai4: alas; oh dear唉 āi: 唉 ai1: interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
- inefficient; ineffective
- small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
- wide-ranging
- right and wrong; quarrel
- empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
- (idiom) to return from a rewarding journey
- boundary
- to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- (idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
- lit. to dredge for money; to make money by reprehensible means; to fish for a quick buck
- lit. to be muddled in the brain (idiom); fig. excited and unable to act rationally; to go to one's head
- to stay for a while; to sojourn
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge