- (dialect) to look at
- disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- robust; sturdy
- itself; oneself; one's own
- condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- to express; to convey
- to adore; to admire
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
- to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]
- wise; brilliant
- to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- bold and powerful
- handsome; smart; dashing; elegant
- gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
- an integral whole; all concerned; everybody
- perfect
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- continuously; persistently; incessantly
- to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get bigger; to add fuel to the fire
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy; Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4]
- to suffer serious injury (idiom)
- bitter sufferings; great hardships
- to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
- (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities
- evident; clear; undoubted
- to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
- at least; (to say the) least
- (literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
- thought; idea; intention
- to play chess
- (bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
- exception; to be an exception
- new hand; novice; raw recruit
- 大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
- conveniently; without extra trouble; while doing it; in passing