- to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
- lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom); fig. night and day difference; a world of difference; a far cry (from)
- good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- son born of a concubine; disaster; sin; evil
- to put one's all into the fight
- to be good at; to be expert in
- middle game (in go or chess); (share trading) mid-session; (abbr. for 中盤商|中盘商[zhong1 pan2 shang1]) distributor; wholesaler; middleman
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- bitter; desperate
- to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)
- to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction
- to be a step ahead of the opponent (idiom); to outsmart one's opponent
- to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
- to apprehend; to capture; to seize
- interval; gap; clearance
- 摩挲 mā sa: 摩挲 ma1 sa5: (coll.) to remove (crinkles, dirt) with the palm of the hand; Taiwan pr. [mo2suo1]摩挲 mó sūo: 摩挲 mo2 suo1: to stroke; to caress
- slightly better; a cut above
- (idiom) restricted; constrained; inhibited
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
- drawn game (in chess or other board game); CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- conclusion; ending
- widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for
- gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- pleased; elated
- debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art
- snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]
- to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- (number of) degrees of freedom (physics and statistics)
- systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)