- shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
- a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- victory or defeat; result
- (idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly
- (bound form) tears; teardrops
- Perth, capital of Western Australia; also written 帕斯
- 茜 qiàn: 茜 qian4: (bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson茜 xī: 茜 xi1: used in the transliteration of people's names
- perseverance; willpower
- midday; noon; noonday
- time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
- well-being; welfare
- to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger
- fork in the road
- metaphor
- to vomit
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- night
- to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
- picture; photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- literal translation
- this place; here (literary)
- to remain; to be left; to have as remainder
- restless with anxiety; to feel unbearably painful or hot
- proposal; draft resolution; motion (to be debated); to propose a bill; to make a proposal
- confrontation; contest; showdown
- 明 míng: 明 ming2: bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods明 Míng: 明 Ming2: Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
- to establish; to fix; to settle
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
- an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- to look after (children); childcare; to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc); conservation
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- experienced person; an old hand at sth
- moist; wet
- concrete (building material)