- to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- (idiom) bad omen
- first sign (of budding talent)
- first signs; development (of a situation)
- difference; peculiar
- curtain of night; gathering darkness
- to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]
- to seek; to look for
- to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
- to die young; short-lived
- to crush; to smash; to shatter
- Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
- eve; the day before
- in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- political position
- courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite
- tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- when the time comes; at the scheduled time
- (dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
- to nominate
- to reject; to turn down; to overrule
- excessively; too
- 易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])
- the flames of war; the ravages of war
- to spring up everywhere; from all around
- in succession; following closely
- to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- suffrage
- (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
- fait accompli
- to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- poster; playbill; notice
- by chance; as chance would have it
- friendship; friendly relations
- 当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- (name) Vivian; Vivien; Vivienne
- 饮 yǐn: 饮 yin3: to drink饮 yìn: 饮 yin4: to give (animals) water to drink