- to examine sth and make a decision; to screen; to evaluate; to approve
- position in a ranking of names; place; rank
- 勾 Gōu: 勾 Gou1: surname Gou勾 gōu: 勾 gou1: to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude勾 gòu: 勾 gou4: used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
- (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- disorderly; irregular; lack of order
- to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
- basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
- to defend; to safeguard
- red (color); revolutionary
- Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
- the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
- teaching and administrative staff
- cruel; merciless; ruthless
- to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
- to retire; to remove; to withdraw; to evacuate
- to fund; to put money into sth; to invest
- to raise (prices); to adjust upwards
- to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
- social activity
- inhuman
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- imperial power
- always (previously)
- to be afraid
- to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)
- core (of a fruit); (fig.) the essence (of a concept or doctrine etc); (geology) inner core; (computing) kernel
- eyewitness
- to cover