- lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom); fig. to part ways
- to place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant; resettlement (old)
- to govern; to have complete control over; to be in command of
- (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- optimistic; hopeful
- to coalesce; to gather together; to amass
- affairs of the nation; politics
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- (idiom) not excluding anything; all-encompassing
- need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
- to fail to pay sufficient attention to; to be negligent in regard to; to be lacking in
- stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
- whenever; every time
- unfavorable; adverse
- to leap forward; to make rapid progress; a leap forward
- to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
- original meaning; original intention
- lake
- narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
- (formal) to visit; to pay a visit
- outpost; (fig.) front line
- large river (esp the Yellow River)
- enterprising spirit; initiative
- fertile; richly provided
- circular sector
- tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]
- lemon
- 白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- short; low
- mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building)
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- former days; in the past
- congratulatory gift
- one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
- urban district; downtown; city center
- to damage; to wreck; to destroy
- calamity
- on hand; at hand
- to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- articles; goods