- to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- pickaxe
- to pound; to rap
- fortunately; luckily
- fire; firepower
- destructive power; harmfulness
- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage
- there is not much left
- firearm
- to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
- almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
- tottering; on the verge of collapse
- breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
- defender; a guard
- to have no other choice
- (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- murderer; homicide
- breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- (photography, filmmaking) to set up the lighting; to illuminate a scene; to polish; to buff; to give luster to (a surface, esp. stone, wood, metal etc)
- (idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
- 落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- sound of gunfire; fig. news of momentous events
- third tone in Mandarin; falling-rising tone
- to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)
- signal
- fort; battery
- area; district; region
- warship; naval vessel
- to issue; to grant; to distribute
- to take aim at; to target
- suddenly; all of a sudden
- to remove; to take away
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace
- to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- hasty; hurried