- did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
- to offer sacrifice
- sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
- empty cave, nothing there (idiom); devoid of substance; nothing new to show
- marketing campaign
- lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
- 空 kōng: 空 kong1: empty; air; sky; in vain空 kòng: 空 kong4: to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)
- to ignore; to let alone; to indulge
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- to take over (as minister, manager etc)
- law and order; public security
- real power; genuine power
- 平定 píng dìng: 平定 ping2 ding4: to pacify平定 Píng dìng: 平定 Ping2 ding4: see 平定縣|平定县[Ping2 ding4 Xian4]
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- another person; sb else; other people
- to do sth in place of sb else
- willingly
- to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked
- 菲 Fēi: 菲 Fei1: abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]菲 fēi: 菲 fei1: luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10菲 fěi: 菲 fei3: poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)
- nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
- to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe
- futile
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- governor of a province
- 欧 ōu: 欧 Ou1: Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]); surname Ou欧 ōu: 欧 ou1: (used for transliteration)
- 扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang
- SARS; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- 挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order
- to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
- to guard against
- to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
- torch; CL:把[ba3]
- the scene of a fire
- 苏 sū: 苏 su1: used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]苏 sū: 苏 su1: to revive苏 Sū: 苏 Su1: surname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]; abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]; abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]苏 sū: 苏 su1: Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration