- taking everything into account (idiom); when all is said and done
- to boil
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault
- to strictly prohibit
- to utilize; to put sth to use
- cooking
- to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory
- (coll.) all right?; OK?
- to alternate; to take turns
- to warm oneself at a fire
- prerogative; privilege; privileged
- public; common; communal
- dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel; CL:間|间[jian1]
- pickaxe
- 刨 bào: 刨 bao4: carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)刨 páo: 刨 pao2: to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract
- hole in ice; crevasse
- heat; quantity of heat; calorific value
- (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off
- to fight over; to contest; to vie over
- to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out
- (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom); (athletics) On your mark!
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
- to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
- can it be possible that; could it be
- outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance
- to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use
- meeting point; point of intersection
- to be unable to move a single step
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- on the road; on the way; en route
- to flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)
- to take refuge; to seek asylum
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
- Antarctic Circle
- face-to-face meeting; an interview