- to summon one's courage
- worse than a beast; to behave immorally
- this matter
- at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning
- attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
- confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze
- strong wind and heavy rain (idiom)
- to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
- (literary) (of smoke, mist) dense; thick
- to make a firm resolution
- 甸 Diàn: 甸 Dian4: surname Dian甸 diàn: 甸 dian4: suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China; official in charge of fields (old)
- (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
- to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
- lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
- infant; baby; CL:個|个[ge4]; lead (Pb)
- to suck
- to couple strength and gentleness (idiom)
- Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
- to trust one another fully; to treat sb with sincerity
- criss-crossed (idiom)
- to grow all over
- aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
- 渠 Qú: 渠 Qu2: surname Qu渠 jù: 渠 ju4: how can it be that?渠 qú: 渠 qu2: (artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
- mark; print; impression
- odd; queer; strange; fishy
- (music) chord
- (idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured
- hardworking; industrious; diligent
- earlobe
- to overlook; to miss; to omit
- hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
- tender; affectionate; tenderness
- time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)