- (literary) fine jade
- head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
- to transfer (personnel or material)
- surpassing; excelling; preeminent; unique
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom); fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
- to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success
- (loanword) logic
- to deal with; to cope
- a natural stronghold
- to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself
- (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
- to concentrate one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
- (idiom) self-knowledge
- to have nothing to say (idiom)
- contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory
- to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
- 中正 Zhōng zhèng: 中正 Zhong1 zheng4: adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4 shi2]中正 zhōng zhèng: 中正 zhong1 zheng4: fair and honest
- officialdom; bureaucracy
- to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly
- many-sided; versatile; various aspects; all-round; multidirectional
- to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
- (idiom) to lack the ability to do what one would wish
- still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet
- 重点 zhòng diǎn: 重点 zhong4 dian3: important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on重点 chóng diǎn: 重点 chong2 dian3: to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
- to bombard; to bomb; (fig.) to criticize; to roast
- to fantasize; (esp.) to have a sexual fantasy about (sb)
- fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
- nick; jag; gap; shortfall
- to rescue