- edible bird's nest
- small box; case
- to supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
- to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
- a huge sum; an enormous amount (of money)
- slowly; gradually
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- to transfer; to move to another post
- to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake
- robber
- (lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course
- backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
- to settle for second best; the next best thing
- to sell, esp. in strained circumstances
- birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to give a present
- cook
- to have time (to do sth)
- to fill a vacancy; to make up for a shortage; to supply a deficiency
- to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
- to seek a government post through bribery or connections
- 钦 qīn: 钦 qin1: to respect; to admire; to venerate; by the emperor himself钦 Qīn: 钦 Qin1: surname Qin
- monthly income (in kind)
- grease; profit; ill-gotten gains
- idiot
- salary; wage
- (coll.) thickhead; (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)
- to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
- to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
- currently existing; currently available
- animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
- vacancy
- to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job
- 工夫 gōng fū: 工夫 gong1 fu1: (old) laborer工夫 gōng fu: 工夫 gong1 fu5: period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort
- (manufacturing, production etc) costs
- to offer a bribe
- good name; good reputation
- to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)