- to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
- see 澠池縣|渑池县[Mian3 chi2 Xian4]
- to be on call; to be on standby
- (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
- vicious circle
- dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast
- lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground
- Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
- 劲 jìn: 劲 jin4: strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]劲 jìng: 劲 jing4: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful
- to shed tears
- to shed tears while recounting sth; speaking in a tearful voice
- political history
- to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging
- to stand by and watch; to look on passively
- (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands; (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
- to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate
- wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
- relations with other people
- petition (for action to be taken)
- to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a situation
- (law) to determine the sentence
- to forgive
- high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
- restored to one's official post; to send sb back to his former post
- charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense
- personal considerations; love affair
- face; prestige
- (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- cold; poor; to tremble
- homicide (law)
- order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)
- rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day