- to control onself; to exercise self-restraint; self-sustaining
- to lie; to crouch
- guests; visitors
- to use (two words etc) together; to use (sth) continuously
- sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words
- style (of literature); form
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- in order to; hoping to; attempting to; waiting for
- 赅 gāi: 赅 gai1: complete; full赅 Gāi: 赅 Gai1: surname Gai
- to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood); a statue created through such a process
- to roll; to boil
- 闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; lock (on waterway)闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch
- lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
- to listen carefully
- during the night; at night; nighttime
- to slide; to coast; to glide; (of an aircraft) to taxi
- to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
- (facial) expression; to express one's feelings
- night
- to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
- to sweep away; to sweep across
- quiet; peaceful and quiet
- lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring; Don't forget where your happiness come from.; Be grateful for all your blessings!
- to seek to protect; to ensure; to maintain; to guard
- each one; everyone
- excited; stimulated
- thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
- to ask about; to inquire about
- to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- ready to start on sth; about to act
- 汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current
- to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- flavorless; unpalatable; odorless; dull; uninteresting
- to bring out the main theme; to make the point; to bring out the substance concisely
- the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
- (idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors