- betrothal gift
- (dialect) dirty; to mock sb
- to deliver; to pay
- the river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
- waist; small of the back
- to seize an opportunity
- (literary) lost or nearly lost body of knowledge; (literary) consummate mastery (in a field); (wuxia) supreme technique
- bones of the dead
- to stop one's pen; to break off writing; final remarks (at the end of a book or article)
- cannot get; cannot obtain
- to entertain oneself
- 冠 guān: 冠 guan1: hat; crown; crest; cap冠 guàn: 冠 guan4: to put on a hat; to be first; to dub冠 Guàn: 冠 Guan4: surname Guan
- ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery)
- lit. either the fish dies or the net splits; a life and death struggle (idiom)
- to shout loudly
- Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty
- (idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
- to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- dark and gloomy
- flourishing period; golden age
- one's declining years; one's old age
- deer
- curious coincidence
- to threaten; to menace
- the way one carries oneself
- second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis
- to dig out; to eradicate
- lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
- 梁 Liáng: 梁 Liang2: Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang梁 liáng: 梁 liang2: roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
- low income
- height above sea level; elevation
- one's mind
- rage; fury; hot anger
- more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience; the last straw
- to wink; to blink