- physical resources (as opposed to labor resources)
- lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
- (literary) how is one to know?
- to go out of control
- to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- to be just about to; to be on the point of
- shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
- water surface
- to recall; to revoke; to retract
- document; file; CL:份[fen4]
- to threaten; to menace
- against the current; upstream
- summertime
- to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip)
- pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
- toxicity
- potential for attack; firepower
- to think of the pain when the pain is gone (idiom); to ponder about a painful experience
- trousers
- pain and itch; sufferings; importance; consequence
- right side
- to plant; to grow
- tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- pseudo-classical; modeled on antique; in the old style
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- to employ; to hire; to rent
- old man; elderly man
- to sing (for an audience); vocal performance
- to take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
- a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood
- magnificent; inspiring