- whirling; spinning around and around; round and plump (e.g. of fruit)
- barbarous; uncivilized
- against the current; upstream
- to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
- to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
- to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- ashore; on the riverbank
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- 陆 Lù: 陆 Lu4: surname Lu陆 lìu: 陆 liu4: six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)陆 lù: 陆 lu4: (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
- to puff and blow; to whimper
- 肚 dù: 肚 du4: belly肚 dǔ: 肚 du3: tripe
- to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [ti2 fang2]
- suicide squad; kamikaze unit
- strong wind; gale
- to howl; to bellow; to yell
- cable; hawser; mooring rope
- to chop off
- in a split second
- confused; chaotic; disorderly
- to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
- to escape; to flee; to run for one's life
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- to catch a glimpse of
- to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
- routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops
- to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- loud sound
- 板 bǎn: 板 ban3: board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious板 pàn: 板 pan4: to catch sight of in a doorway (old)板 bǎn: 板 ban3: used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]
- to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- (onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
- either end of a bridge; a bridgehead
- sharp sword
- troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
- (of troops) to be routed and dispersed
- not a soul in sight (idiom)
- (onom.) for humming or whimpering
- loud clamor; the sound of wailing