- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
- to meet death
- 当头 dāng tóu: 当头 dang1 tou2: coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first当头 dàng tou: 当头 dang4 tou5: (coll.) pledge; surety
- to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
- to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
- 氓 méng: 氓 meng2: (literary) common people氓 máng: 氓 mang2: used in 流氓[liu2 mang2]
- 民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- (idiom) 60 years old
- 内地 nèi dì: 内地 nei4 di4: inland; interior; hinterland内地 Nèi dì: 内地 Nei4 di4: mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
- (idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
- wall; rampart
- real estate; the property market (e.g. houses)
- hall; concourse; public lounge; (hotel) lobby
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- secret recipe
- the way of maintaining good health
- archaeology
- doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
- philosophy
- master's degree; person who has a master's degree; learned person
- committee member
- friendship; friendly relations
- affable; genial
- a way out; a way to retreat; leeway
- to become sworn brothers
- When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause; Rats leave a sinking ship.
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- purebred
- lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom); fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal; to keep going while some hope is left
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc)