- admittedly (it's true that...)
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 凶恶 xīong è: 凶恶 xiong1 e4: fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening凶恶 xīong è: 凶恶 xiong1 e4: ferocious; fiendish; frightening
- Pandora
- box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
- specter; apparition; ghost
- to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit
- to conspire openly; overt plot
- to determine the nature (of sth); to determine the chemical composition (of a substance); qualitative
- to contend
- one after the other; a succession of; a series of
- ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
- lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom); fig. to tremble with fear; to be terrified
- cause; a factor (leading to an effect)
- to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
- refers to 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] with its slogan 百花齊放,百家爭鳴|百花齐放,百家争鸣
- masterpiece
- to recall; to look back upon
- regent; monarch
- major undertaking; vast plan; grand prospect
- source; origin; fountainhead
- the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
- inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
- debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- to dote on sb
- to be emotionally moved
- (of a law, contract, agreement, ban etc) to come into force; to go into effect; to become operative
- 扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang
- (lit. and fig.) overnight
- (geology) fault (CL:道[dao4]); (fig.) gap; rupture (in the transmission of some skill); (tomography) cross-sectional
- proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
- to be alert
- to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate
- progress step by step; gradual progress; to move forward (slowly)
- realm of freedom (philosophy)
- to think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate