- to describe; to put into words
- romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc)
- rate of progress
- crazy; frenzied; wild
- to compete fiercely; contest
- to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
- pigtail
- merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory
- to hold an office or post
- to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease
- last year
- thirteenth day of a month
- painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- it would appear; it seems (that)
- to link; to join; link; connection
- as the arm moves the finger (idiom); freely and effortlessly; to have perfect command of
- to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- to burn; to blaze; splendid; illustrious
- to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
- high-ranking official
- (idiom) evenly matched
- friend from whom you can seek advice
- to pass sth around (for others to look at)
- to put on airs; to pretend sth is better than it is; affectation
- to dismiss and replace (sb); to replace (sb or sth)
- 庐 lú: 庐 lu2: hut庐 Lú: 庐 Lu2: surname Lu; Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui; Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province
- to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- see 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]; the Kangxi Emperor (Qing dynasty)
- functionary; official