- to gasp for breath; to take a breather
- to pressure
- age group
- to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise
- to stop; to obstruct
- river valley
- time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
- to take the lead
- serious injury; seriously injured
- (military) arms; armaments
- farmland; cultivated land
- king; emperor; (fig.) the best; champion
- staff officer; to give advice
- low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior
- to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)
- to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
- by means of; through; with the help of
- to meet face to face; to meet in person
- to interrogate; to cross-examine; to inquire
- assassin
- pitch-black
- to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
- sunrise
- (lit.) froth and shadows; (fig.) illusion; mirage
- 磨 mò: 磨 mo4: grindstone; to grind; to turn round磨 mó: 磨 mo2: to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
- (medicine) anthrax; (horticulture) anthracnose; canker
- pimple containing pus
- to remove; to take away
- to infect; contagious
- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
- to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
- wound; cut
- to lose to (sb); to be outdone by
- each other; mutually; mutual
- to lose; to suffer defeat
- west side; west
- to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of