- to prevent; to block
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- to lose
- to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk
- 大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
- (math.) equation
- to substitute into
- 错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo
- to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- to catch fish; to fish
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- one by one; in turn
- 边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously
- to lose
- decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- to be drawn into; to be involved in
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
- annual report; yearbook; almanac
- somewhat; to some extent
- to write down; to record; written account
- curtain of night; gathering darkness
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- night sky
- to glisten; to glitter; to twinkle; to flicker; to be evasive; to equivocate
- biting cold
- half an hour; 30 minutes
- night scene; the dim light of night
- deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
- in a low voice; softly
- to set sail
- there is no need; why should