- red sandalwood
- two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things
- to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
- to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
- well-tried; time-tested
- blitzkrieg; blitz
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- 易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- to hem and haw; to stall; to stammer; to mumble; to falter
- to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
- to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
- fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)
- sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
- one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations)
- thong; leather strap; pimp; procurer
- crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom); bag of tricks; useful talents
- (literary) evening mist
- grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); fig. to go all out; to come out in the open
- scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain
- bottom of the heart (fig.)
- to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
- Qiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through Hangzhou and into Hangzhou Bay, noted for its spectacular tidal bore 錢塘潮|钱塘潮[Qian2 tang2 chao2]
- weak; faint; feeble
- 毙 bì: 毙 bi4: to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death毙 bì: 毙 bi4: to collapse
- anxious; panicky
- calm; undisturbed
- to play the fool (idiom); to feign madness
- (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
- persuasiveness
- to do sth in place of sb else
- indigestion
- (dialect) sweet potato; yam
- stomach and intestine; digestive system