- weird; sly; treacherous
- irascible; irritable
- a bit earlier
- not known to anyone; secret; unknown
- accident
- beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit
- gunpowder
- 燎 liáo: 燎 liao2: to burn; to set afire燎 liǎo: 燎 liao3: to singe
- to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort刮 guā: 刮 gua1: to blow (of the wind)
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous
- adventurer
- to migrate; to move
- to settle; to set up home
- to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- to fight over; to contest; to vie over
- ownership; possession; property rights; title (to property)
- 哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- never
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- to sell; to peddle; to traffic
- to sell; to offer for sale; to put on the market
- (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
- 生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality
- to become rich
- reputation; fame
- reputation; declaration
- outstanding; eminent; brilliant
- not so good; not too well
- to hinder; to obstruct
- all; without exception
- worth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
- to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- to handle (affairs); to work
- 儿 ér: 儿 er2: child; son儿 r: 儿 r5: non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable
- to make friends with
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to accompany