- foundation
- (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
- to disassemble
- to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass
- strategically situated and easy to defend; strategic location
- to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
- to die in battle
- energy
- to bury
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment
- to write
- hairnet; hood; cowl
- to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
- trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation
- lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
- column; file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4]); PLA army corps (1946–1949)
- candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- to illuminate; to light up; lighting
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
- People's Bank of China (abbr. for 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2])
- unfavorable; adverse
- snow; snow cover; snow mantle
- (literary) white as snow; pure white
- entire year; throughout the year; age at death
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- very little; very few
- to suffer unspeakable misery; indescribably painful; hellish
- lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- build; body type
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- (human) body
- stout and strong
- to present to a superior; memorial; petition; to present (a certain appearance); to assume (a shape); to be (a certain color)
- to cram
- cool eye; fig. detached; (treating) with indifference
- (idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)
- mutton; goat meat