- civil servant; public servant
- not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom); to be provided with the basic necessities
- steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- successor
- to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- phrase (grammar)
- child
- about to; on the point of; soon
- 砌 qì: 砌 qi4: to build by laying bricks or stones砌 qiè: 砌 qie4: used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]
- 瑱 tiàn: 瑱 tian4: (literary) jade pendants attached to an official hat and hanging beside each ear, symbolizing refusal to listen to malicious talk; (literary) to fill up瑱 zhèn: 瑱 zhen4: jade weight
- unfounded rumor; to pass on a mistaken belief to others
- 童 tóng: 童 tong2: child童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong
- undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts
- perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life
- Tai Hang District, Hong Kong; Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中[Tai2 zhong1]
- net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
- to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
- rice (crop); unhulled rice
- aimless; at random
- to peel off; to strip off
- carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility; CL:副[fu4]
- to live like a prince (idiom)
- soft skin and tender flesh (idiom); smooth-skinned
- suspicion; to suspect
- to cross-examine (law)
- to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions
- to confront; to face the enemy
- (coll.) one's past history (esp. embarrassing or private details)
- confession
- perfect; complete
- 三字经 Sān zì Jīng: 三字经 San1 zi4 Jing1: Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters三字经 sān zì jīng: 三字经 san1 zi4 jing1: (slang) swearword; four-letter word
- salvation
- issue for enforcement
- 老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi