- from now on; in the future; time to come
- to burn to death
- rice straw
- to try in vain; futile attempt
- to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- hand-to-hand combat
- to collapse; to topple over
- the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
- to try one's utmost; to strive
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- vastly different; poles apart
- almost; nearly; close to
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- night sky
- to escape; to flee; to run away
- gangster; bandit
- corner (junction of two walls)
- to surrender
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- to take along with one
- in good health
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- passive
- degree; extent; allotted share
- to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose
- basement; cellar
- head of a flight of stairs
- to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
- to guard; to defend
- window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground
- to beat; to lash
- outstanding; notable; remarkable; statistically significant
- to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- fort
- to no avail; achieving nothing; totally ineffective; to have no effect; to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)