- to defend one's property to the death; to cling obstinately to old habits; die-hard
- corpse; dead body
- energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect
- to watch; to look carefully at
- pretty; handsome
- willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
- obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
- lackey; henchman
- elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held; arena; ring
- mellow and rich; simple and kind
- to assemble; to gather
- (idiom) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back
- to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
- to show oneself; to appear; (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
- hardly; not in the least; not at all
- to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily
- to amuse oneself; to clown around; to provoke laughter
- crafty and unruly
- to cycle; to circulate; circle; loop
- trusting to luck; wishful thinking
- to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
- 吱 zī: 吱 zi1: (onom.) chirp; squeak; creak吱 zhī: 吱 zhi1: (onom.) creaking or groaning
- short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice)
- to puncture; to pierce
- eardrum; tympanum (of the middle ear); tympanic membrane
- to not move a single jot (idiom)
- to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
- a good deal of; quite a lot
- to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- soles of the feet
- violent; acute; severe; fierce
- 拧 níng: 拧 ning2: to pinch; wring拧 nǐng: 拧 ning3: mistake; to twist拧 nìng: 拧 ning4: stubborn