- to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb
- to dissolve (a department etc); to eliminate (positions)
- to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
- both sides (in contract); the two opposing sides (in a dispute)
- golden seal; characters tattooed on a convict's face
- 历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: calendar year历年 lì nián: 历年 li4 nian2: over the years; bygone years
- Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad
- general merchandise
- abundant; plentiful
- to make reference to; to mention
- to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down
- what one acquires; one's gains
- a soldier's pay and provisions
- to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate; to consider
- torch
- to check; to inquire; to consult (a document etc); inquiry; query
- (literary) public funds
- Dai ethnic group
- eldest brother
- see 搜刮[sou1 gua1]
- more than; greater than
- to stockpile
- the public; the state; society; the public purse
- impoverished; poverty
- to store in a cellar
- 囊 nāng: 囊 nang1: used in 囊膪[nang1 chuai4] and 囊揣[nang1 chuai4]; used in 鼓鼓囊囊[gu3 gu5 nang1 nang1]囊 náng: 囊 nang2: sack; purse; pocket (for money)
- number; amount
- to hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
- very little; hardly any
- form of government; system of government
- dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
- 喻 yù: 喻 yu4: to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory喻 Yù: 喻 Yu4: surname Yu
- to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into
- to confiscate
- to punish sb (for a crime)
- to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
- poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous