- to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up
- to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
- excrement; feces; night soil
- (bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)
- insect; bug; worm; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
- rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- excreta; waste matter (feces, urine etc)
- to die
- prisoner; convict
- (physiology) organ; apparatus
- one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command
- one third
- starving; famished
- 解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)
- (lit. and fig.) shadow; CL:道[dao4]
- tens of thousands; numerous
- starving people
- vacancy
- to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept
- newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; newlywed couple; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- to add (sth new); newly added; additional
- to subcontract
- animal husbandry; stock raising; livestock raising
- fishing industry; fishery
- plantation
- pig iron; foundry iron
- hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity
- dam
- to have become common practice (idiom); to become a general trend
- severe winter
- to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- camp
- to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- overwhelming