- strict; rigorous; severely
- it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
- tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- to eliminate; to purge
- imperial edict
- to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- member of gentry
- man of sixty or seventy
- to kill; to murder
- lawless; illegal; unlawful
- accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- sly
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- clan; clansman
- 老公 lǎo gōng: 老公 lao3 gong1: (coll.) husband老公 lǎo gong: 老公 lao3 gong5: (coll.) eunuch; see also 老公[lao3 gong1]
- to penalize; to punish
- 刑 Xíng: 刑 Xing2: surname Xing刑 xíng: 刑 xing2: punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
- army deserter
- to disturb; to perturb; to harass
- (idiom) to kill on sight (without fear of prosecution)
- gangster; bandit
- to gather a crowd; to muster
- armed (robbery etc)
- to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms
- 抢 qiǎng: 抢 qiang3: to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch抢 qiāng: 抢 qiang1: (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- in groups; large numbers of; grouping
- valley; ravine
- thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
- to report secretly; to tip off
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- to catch; to seize; to capture
- specialist; person appointed for specific task
- courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- yamen, government office in dynastic China
- 公馆 Gōng guǎn: 公馆 Gong1 guan3: Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan公馆 gōng guǎn: 公馆 gong1 guan3: residence (of sb rich or important); mansion
- (bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- right away; quickly; immediately
- sundial