- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- to die for a just cause
- on stage
- unknown
- to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness
- during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year
- to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
- to execute (a plan); to grasp
- respectful
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
- to act as though there were nobody else present; unselfconscious; fig. without regard for others
- many and complicated; mired in minor details
- second round (of match, or election)
- bombard
- to explore; to probe
- lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know sth inside out; to know sth by heart
- dialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
- extensive
- designation; reference; to refer to
- class; period
- 扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear
- temporary imperial residence
- Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
- big; huge; massive
- lotus
- cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)
- full-bodied; well-rounded; fig. fertile land
- to be a favorite; favor
- Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756
- not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
- frequency
- ambience; mood; flavor
- (of garments) against the skin; to line; lining; to contrast with; to assist financially
- Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]