- stiff; rigid; inflexible; forcibly
- finance and taxation
- fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine; cash cow
- to levy (a tax); to expropriate
- a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- pleasant to hear
- to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run
- 勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind
- to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
- to be in the early stages of establishing
- to issue; to promulgate; to award
- diploma
- to provide; to give; to grant
- Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
- 啊 ǎ: 啊 a3: interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?啊 à: 啊 a4: interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!啊 a: 啊 a5: modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent啊 ā: 啊 a1: interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!啊 á: 啊 a2: interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?
- to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval
- to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- to spend money
- to redeem; to ransom
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- moisture; timely rain
- see 安化縣|安化县[An1 hua4 Xian4]
- to die; to pass away
- orphan; fatherless son
- 桄 guàng: 桄 guang4: woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings桄 guāng: 桄 guang1: used in 桄榔[guang1 lang2]
- family matters; domestic affairs; housework
- to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
- (idiom) to be wealthy and heartless
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
- to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- suspicion; to have suspicions
- provisional
- to detain; to take into custody; detention; imprisonment