- to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal
- to waste; to squander
- savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
- to ask for; to request; to demand
- bedroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to thank with a gift
- to pay tribute
- to have the final say; to be the one in charge
- 索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
- (light) silk; CL:匹[pi3]
- (botany) ramie (Boehmeria nivea); the fiber of this plant
- fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
- cotton
- paint; dye; pigment
- tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
- junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs
- immoderate; excessive; not knowing one's limits
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- too busy; to have no time for; fully occupied
- punitive expedition to the east
- seven; 7
- to succeed to the throne; accession
- 启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
- spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life; CL:朵[duo3]
- (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering; overwhelming; immense
- clock
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- temporary imperial residence
- tongue-lashing; to chew out; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden
- Ili River in central Asia