- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- 可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
- to be shoulder to shoulder; (fig.) to be as good as; to match; Taiwan pr. [bi4 jian1]
- why?; for what reason?
- 凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: terrible; fearful凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine
- awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- IQ (intelligence quotient)
- to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- the earth
- organism; living creature; life form; biological; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to compete; competition
- to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- to squeeze; to press; to extrude
- tantamount to; to be like
- to compete fiercely; contest
- 笼子 lǒng zi: 笼子 long3 zi5: large box; trunk; chest笼子 lóng zi: 笼子 long2 zi5: cage; basket; container
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- piping hot
- 蛇 yí: 蛇 yi2: used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]蛇 shé: 蛇 she2: snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- thick soup
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table)
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- fabricated
- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom); to act as if one is taking things very seriously
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- intelligence; intellect
- admittedly (it's true that...)
- unreliable
- the late Qing; late 19th and early 20th century China
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- cognition; cognitive; understanding; perception; awareness; to be cognizant of; to recognize; to realize
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then