- to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken)
- to die for one's country
- to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- fine and soft; valuables
- to bawl out; to reprimand severely
- paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- luggage; CL:件[jian4]
- state; country; the Gods of earth and grain
- to spring up everywhere; from all around
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- to spare sb's life
- 饶 Ráo: 饶 Rao2: surname Rao饶 ráo: 饶 rao2: rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although
- to save; to remedy; to rescue
- (idiom) to drown one's sorrows
- matters to attend to after sb's death (esp. funeral arrangements)
- to educate; to bring up; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
- cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- brave; heroic
- to deceive; to cheat
- to find a path
- to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- immeasurably self-satisfied
- to overstep the bounds of what is proper; to take sth too far; (of a measuring device) to go off the scale
- unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
- to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide
- lit. a thunder of dragons without a head; fig. a group lacking a leader
- 当头 dàng tou: 当头 dang4 tou5: (coll.) pledge; surety当头 dāng tóu: 当头 dang1 tou2: coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
- (military) street fighting; urban combat
- one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
- to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
- to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental