- to fail; to fail to materialize; not to get one's way
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- (of tears etc) filling the eyes; (of scenery etc) filling one's field of view
- color; multicolored
- lantern
- to earn a living by performing (typically in informal or public settings)
- to use fully; to put to use
- each; respective; apiece
- specialty; unique skill
- aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology)
- to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
- telescope (CL:部[bu4]); binoculars (CL:副[fu4])
- fisherman; fisher folk
- to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
- to take the bait
- police patrol; patrol officer; (old) police officer
- to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- to crowd around; to escort
- ambassador; envoy; CL:名[ming2],位[wei4]
- to go on an inspection tour
- expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- (army, police) patrol
- hungry; to starve (sb)
- to make a firm resolution
- 弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley
- to starve to death; to be very hungry
- singing voice
- implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- to have a try
- big cymbals
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- excellent; superlative
- (idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep
- money (esp. coins)