- caustic; biting; piquant; acerbic; vitriolic; acrimonious
- and so on; so and so; many and confused
- 下调 xià diào: 下调 xia4 diao4: to demote; to pass down to a lower unit下调 xià tiáo: 下调 xia4 tiao2: to adjust downwards; to lower (prices, wages etc)
- (to do sth) separately; as a separate action
- to list; to make a list
- surname and given name; full name
- sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible); also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
- soundless; silent
- north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom); (fig.) all over China
- childish nature; infantile; juvenile; puerile
- a tiny bit; very little; next to nothing (idiom)
- not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
- to act recklessly; to mess around
- to limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries
- oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- to pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to clutch; (slang) to fight
- oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets
- organized group; theatrical troupe
- to inspect; an investigation
- 无为 Wú wéi: 无为 Wu2 wei2: see 無為市|无为市[Wu2 wei2 Shi4]无为 wú wéi: 无为 wu2 wei2: the Daoist doctrine of inaction; let things take their own course; laissez-faire
- to pass through; via; by way of
- 围城 wéi chéng: 围城 wei2 cheng2: siege; besieged city围城 Wéi chéng: 围城 Wei2 cheng2: Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial
- harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
- to repeal; to revoke; (computing) to undo
- to die without a burial site; to die a pauper; a tragic end
- to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty
- to blackmail; to extort
- hundred thousand
- to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
- to set a time limit; time limit; deadline
- hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices
- to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
- napkin; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- table knife; dinner knife
- creative; creativity
- tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout