- acute spirit; dash; drive
- overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious
- 枚 méi: 枚 mei2: classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]); classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy枚 Méi: 枚 Mei2: surname Mei
- 愈 yù: 愈 yu4: the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better愈 yù: 愈 yu4: to heal
- concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
- premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
- tender and beautiful
- 牡丹 Mǔ dan: 牡丹 Mu3 dan5: Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong; Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan牡丹 mǔ dan: 牡丹 mu3 dan5: tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
- happiness; happy; blessed
- to swing; to sway; to wobble; to hang around; to hover around
- to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort
- cobra
- 落子 lào zi: 落子 lao4 zi5: see 蓮花落|莲花落[lian2 hua1 lao4]落子 lùo zǐ: 落子 luo4 zi3: to place a stone on the board (in Go)
- everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
- lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom); fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance; a wolf in sheep's clothing; an iron fist in a velvet glove
- gentle and reserved; soft; feminine
- sudden clap of thunder; fig. surprising turn of events
- to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
- to move aside; to get out of the way; to back down; to concede
- bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
- to watch from the sidelines
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- conservative; to guard; to keep
- style
- step by step; at every step
- chain
- sharp; incisive; penetrating
- to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step
- victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle
- the result (becomes apparent); now one understands
- (literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
- heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving
- to surrender