- to change hands
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- defensive position; guard
- to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- to go home (in a ceremonial procession); to return home
- to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit
- 步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu
- lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom); fig. to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
- inevitable; certain; necessity
- not always; not entirely; not necessarily so; not entirely correct
- mood; frame of mind
- every kind; manifold; extremely
- pay; remuneration; salary; reward
- to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
- (written) in black and white
- 印 yìn: 印 yin4: to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image印 Yìn: 印 Yin4: surname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India
- to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
- legal (proceedings); according to law
- lost game; losing battle
- harm; to damage; to impair
- ten; 10
- to investigate and research; research; investigation
- (literary) to cause great suffering
- a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
- to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
- lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently
- to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance