- sudden huge profits
- group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
- sword and spear; weapons
- in the middle of the street; facing the street
- to attack with a bladed weapon
- to rake with machine gunfire; to strafe; to machine-gun down
- winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
- to build; to construct
- see 正房[zheng4 fang2]
- (bound form) ladder; stairs
- (idiom) as everyone knows
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to bring to sb's attention
- (refined) white sugar
- the task of establishing and maintaining hegemony
- to panic; to be alarmed
- (idiom) breathtaking; deeply affecting
- lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom); fig. who will emerge victorious
- chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone
- flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
- to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless
- not worthwhile
- pain and itch; sufferings; importance; consequence
- to get angry
- powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
- clay Bodhisattva
- adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- great ambition; lofty aspiration
- (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit; to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
- to live like a prince (idiom)
- might; power and influence