- 场 cháng: 场 chang2: threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout场 chǎng: 场 chang3: large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams
- inside and out
- to clear (a place); to evacuate
- deflated; shriveled; sunken; empty
- wild goose
- 合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing)
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- office; business premises
- to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel
- to show an interest in; to get involved with
- 编制 biān zhì: 编制 bian1 zhi4: to establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff)编制 biān zhì: 编制 bian1 zhi4: to weave; to plait; to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
- to flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
- to quiver; to vibrate; to shake (sth)
- cigarette butt; fag-end; CL:根[gen1]
- one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
- deliberately
- social gaffe or blunder; faux pas; see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
- ambitious and ruthless character; formidable person
- cavity; empty; vacuous
- official language
- Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])
- Taiwan
- 大陆 Dà lù: 大陆 Da4 lu4: mainland China (reference to the PRC)大陆 dà lù: 大陆 da4 lu4: continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- lit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses
- to pierce; to poke through
- (coll.) to be done for
- to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation