- already fixed; set; established
- territory
- calm; undisturbed
- beforehand; in advance
- all levels
- administrative department; administration; executive (government branch)
- to reorganize; to reshuffle (posts etc)
- financial resources
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- clown role in opera; clown; buffoon
- 斗牛 Dǒu Níu: 斗牛 Dou3 Niu2: Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)斗牛 dòu níu: 斗牛 dou4 niu2: bullfighting
- the way one carries oneself
- to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital)
- fluid glance
- metropolis; large city; megacity
- beautiful; fine
- peace and happiness; feasting; making merry
- to cause a wound to close up and heal
- (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4]
- this side; here
- farce; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1],幕[mu4]
- face; prestige
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- to offer advice; to make a suggestion
- (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
- (to be done) by (a certain date); lasting (a certain time)
- outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems; saying one thing but meaning sth different
- (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities
- betrayal; defection; turncoat; to change sides politically
- (lit. and fig.) puppet
- native place; place of origin; home state or region
- to clarify (the facts); clarification
- to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
- perception (the process of perceiving sth with the senses); to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
- to revere; to admire; to honor; to venerate
- powerful enemy
- to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
- to live or die; to exist or perish