- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- Fox (media company); Focus (car manufactured by Ford)
- 骑 jì: 骑 ji4: (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier骑 qí: 骑 qi2: to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- 几 jī: 几 ji1: small table几 jǐ: 几 ji3: how many; how much; several; a few几 jī: 几 ji1: (literary) almost
- to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- very fast; at lightning speed; (coll.) razor-sharp
- Cambridge
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- sandstone
- educational establishment
- 兴 xìng: 兴 xing4: feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement兴 xīng: 兴 xing1: to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)兴 Xīng: 兴 Xing1: surname Xing
- constant; persistent; long-lasting; eternal
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- (name) Clark or Clarke
- researcher
- to wander; to ramble; recreational hiking; to perambulate
- branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- palace courtyard
- to place in; to put in (a position)
- rough; rude; boorish; straightforward; uninhibited
- scenery; landscape
- orderly; neat; even; tidy
- vegetation; plants
- landscape
- to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- creative inspiration
- model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- to conceive; concept
- then and now; ancient and modern
- to employ; to hire
- 乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed
- local bus or train; slow train with many stops
- a little; a few
- (commercial) trade; CL:個|个[ge4]
- basically; on the whole