- serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
- to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
- nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned
- shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; CL:家[jia1]; the business world
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
- for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- prison
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- accident; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
- (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
- enough; sufficient
- self-study; to study on one's own
- to replace; to take over (a position or post)
- to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
- to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- hereby; from this
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- subtle
- reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
- classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- atmosphere; mood
- indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
- nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- any; whatever; whichever
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
- to grab
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- in a sharp, forceful voice
- to scold
- or; either one or the other
- with a lightning move of the hand
- to lack; to be short of
- sense of security
- temperamental; moody
- (coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender
- it would appear; it seems (that)
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- sissy; effeminate