- a succession of; a series of
- the world; this world; the world of the living
- giant creature; huge animal
- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- 下水 xià shǔi: 下水 xia4 shui3: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot下水 xià shui: 下水 xia4 shui5: offal; viscera; tripe
- to notify; to inform; notice; notification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- at intervals of; every (so often)
- to guide; to lead
- to provide support; to come to the rescue
- to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request
- bullet; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1],發|发[fa1]
- waist
- hunting gun; shotgun
- gunpowder
- pot; classifier for bottled liquid
- 铅 yán: 铅 yan2: used in 鉛山|铅山[Yan2 shan1] (the name of a place in Jiangxi)铅 qiān: 铅 qian1: lead (chemistry)
- sandbag; punching bag (trad. filled with sand)
- dugout; canoe; kayak
- handkerchief; CL:方[fang1]
- 答 dá: 答 da2: to answer; to reply; to respond答 dā: 答 da1: bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
- headman (of primitive people); tribal chief; used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
- will; shall; to be going to
- sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
- to flee for one's life
- canyon; gill; ravine
- to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
- mountain ridge
- to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw
- hue; tone
- humus (topsoil of decayed vegetation)
- volcanic ash