- dirt; filth; grime
- repeatedly; again and again
- to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
- against the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent; fig. reactionary tendency; to go against the trend
- (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
- to write
- letter (of the alphabet); CL:個|个[ge4]
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- 凹 āo: 凹 ao1: concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)凹 wā: 凹 wa1: (used in names)
- quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
- 言语 yán yǔ: 言语 yan2 yu3: words; speech; (spoken) language言语 yán yu: 言语 yan2 yu5: to speak; to tell
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- (linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept)
- 抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- to throw; to toss
- all over the place; everywhere and all directions
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- to get up; to leave; to set forth
- 扛 gāng: 扛 gang1: to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together扛 káng: 扛 kang2: to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
- traffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island
- high tide; high water
- for a long time; for ages
- all things
- all ready; available; complete
- to gather; to collect
- steelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel
- to probe; to survey
- identification; to identify; to recognize
- berry
- soft
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment