- to give birth to; to bear; fertility
- probability; odds
- to associate with; to keep company with
- to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep
- to alarm; to agitate
- to live in harmony; to get along with each other
- (literary) prophecy; omen
- collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
- dynamism; drive
- to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
- to surround; to gird
- neck
- top of the head
- secret; hidden
- to match; to tally
- countless; innumerable
- lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
- to cover
- crown of the head
- red lotus
- center; heart; core
- to separate; to disperse
- flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc
- layered; structured; made up of distinct parts
- splendid; gorgeous; dazzling
- to confuse; to be puzzled
- unexpected (idiom); surprising
- pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists; also used as a collective term for 評話|评话[ping2 hua4] (spoken storytelling) and 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] (sung storytelling)
- were it not for; if not for
- to originate in
- (bound form) glutinous rice; (bound form) (of cereal grain) glutinous
- (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous
- spinal column; columna vertebralis
- 骨 gū: 骨 gu1: used in 骨碌碌[gu1 lu4 lu4]; used in 骨碌[gu1 lu5]; used in 骨朵[gu1 duo5]骨 gǔ: 骨 gu3: bone
- to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
- lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
- 勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- figure; physique; posture
- contrast; discrepancy