- cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collaborate towards common goals
- (magical) spell; curse
- itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road); CL:條|条[tiao2]
- (coll.) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother
- (Go) to play the endgame; (fig.) to conclude; to bring to a close; final stage
- adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
- to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers)
- to lay (a foundation); to conquer (a city etc); to shoot down (a bird etc)
- history; antecedents; origin
- kitchen stove; kitchen; mess; canteen
- to have experienced a lot of; to have been through
- to torture; to torment
- to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)
- to meet by accident
- to mingle with the people incognito
- (bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])
- to understand; to know; to comprehend
- 啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
- second generation
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- chaos of war
- to admire wholeheartedly; to fall in love with
- to make friends; to form friendship
- depth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development
- to refute a rumor; to deny
- merit; benefit; strong point; advantage; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- cage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals); fig. bonds (of wrong ideas); shackles (of past misconceptions); to trap; to shackle
- to take office; to assume a post
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- to demote; to relegate; to degrade
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
- ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame)
- place; space
- to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten