- army rank; military rank
- young successor; seedling; sapling
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
- to fight, esp. with hands; wrestling (as a sport); to wrestle; to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc); to capture prey
- older brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to climb (of climbing plants); to creep; to cling on to; fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful); social climbing
- feudal way of thinking
- hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology)
- (often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
- 单子 dān zǐ: 单子 dan1 zi3: the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad单子 dān zi: 单子 dan1 zi5: list of items; bill; form; bedsheet
- to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
- coming to an end; waning
- to chat; to gossip
- outstanding; to fast-track; to elevate; to free oneself from
- prevailing customs (often pejorative); vulgar customs
- sparkling with wit (idiom)
- (idiom) eloquent; entertaining in one's speech
- earthquake aftershock
- lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); fig. a wife having an illicit lover
- conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
- running water; (business) turnover
- to care about; to take offense; to mind
- second-rate; second-tier
- (fig.) to be astounded
- lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- candid; frank; plain dealing
- middle school
- town headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff
- out of the ordinary; unusual
- large and small; of all sizes
- to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb)
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide