- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- really; indeed
- forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
- to spill; to overflow (of water, crowds); to crowd (into a space)
- scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation
- not only
- (idiom) to let the matter rest; to just let it go; to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative)
- to make a telephone call
- even; uniform
- 奔 bèn: 奔 ben4: to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]奔 bēn: 奔 ben1: to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
- van for carrying people; taxi minibus
- over 20
- ferocious; murderous-looking
- could happen at any moment; on the verge
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- helper; assistant
- street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- chair; CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
- (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
- (Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一発 "ippatsu")
- towel; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- tepid; to warm up (food etc)
- to go upstairs
- to be covered with; to be filled with
- crease; fold
- kindly; nice; amiable
- good-natured
- to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
- (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
- bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship
- dim; sad
- grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected
- to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
- to slip away; to leave secretly
- medicinal ingredient
- adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- bold and unconstrained; powerful and free
- to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- to wave (one's hand)
- to throw away; to throw out
- patron; backer; close to a mountain
- (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic; impoverished pedant