- recently; lately
- 脊梁 jǐ liang: 脊梁 ji3 liang5: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)脊梁 jǐ liáng: 脊梁 ji3 liang2: backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
- person; figure; public figure
- everyone; owner
- legal responsibility; liability
- to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to investigate; to probe
- keyword
- to be absent
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- to move; to shift; to move out of the way; to divert (money etc) to a different purpose
- space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- cause; reason; because
- to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate
- if
- a struggle; fight; battle
- to replace (a worn-out tire etc); to change (one's address etc)
- avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
- to extend
- to cross a border; to overstep a bound
- pocket; bag; sack
- to pay; to spend money; to fork out
- to see; to catch sight of
- to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
- cannot; to fail to; unable to
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- picky; fussy
- not proper; inappropriate
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- strong; intense
- to retort; to refute
- minor details; trifles
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)