- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- inconsistent; not in agreement with; not agree or tally with; not conform to
- to express; to give expression to; to relieve
- inner meaning; implication; connotation
- ornament
- admonition; exhortation; dictum; the biblical Book of Proverbs
- wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
- not at all; simply (can) not
- an incompletely cured illness; an old complaint; the root cause of trouble
- to warn; to admonish
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley
- 荑 yí: 荑 yi2: to weed荑 tí: 荑 ti2: (grass)
- (herb); implore; pray; place name
- skillful; proficient
- to mean; meaning
- accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- to arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost; (used in commercials)
- natural endowment; gift; talent
- excellent; outstanding; great
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- (literary) to hope
- character; moral strength; integrity; (coll.) looks; appearance; bearing
- (bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
- 挚 Zhì: 挚 Zhi4: surname Zhi挚 zhì: 挚 zhi4: sincere
- eager to; in a hurry to
- full-time; to appoint sb to a specific task
- jealousy; suspicious and jealous
- to plan and consider; to reflect on one's best strategy
- to surpass
- 杠 gāng: 杠 gang1: flagpole; footbridge杠 gàng: 杠 gang4: coffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash
- short name for Shanghai
- to develop; to make full use of
- to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation
- period in office
- chronic illness; old weakness; chronic problem