- to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)
- to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
- to monopolize
- later generation
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- power; authority
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- overhead; above
- to inform; to notify
- to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- to install; to place; to put; to buy
- later generations
- nightmare
- haze
- inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- to steal; secretly; (humble) I
- to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
- it seems; seemingly; as if
- a little
- simple; not complicated
- crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
- cannot; must not; should not
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- to ascertain; to verify
- the actual situation; the truth
- the truth about sth; the actual facts
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- to describe; description