- to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
- Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
- competition (sports etc); match; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]; to compete
- to miss (train, opportunity etc)
- last bus or train; last chance
- to go on foot; to walk
- lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
- (attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
- to sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
- to grow light (at daybreak)
- early morning
- guard at gate; sentry
- (lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
- (idiom) astounded; flabbergasted; taken aback
- interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc
- profile; silhouette
- to grant whatever is asked for; to accede to every plea
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over
- to return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake
- to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]
- to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- dull gray; drab; murky
- either side; both sides
- to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into
- (astronomy) nova; (fig.) new star; rising star
- to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers; fig. to stir up troubles
- how (interj. of surprise)