- together
- crab
- meat patty
- only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- periodic table (chemistry); abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表[yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements
- blackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri
- chemist
- extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
- origin; to originate; to come from
- thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
- determinism
- to exert (effort or pressure)
- accurate; precise
- to forecast; to predict
- to strike; to hit; to ram
- 相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang
- strength; vigor; efforts; (music) dynamics
- to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
- to prompt; to induce; to spur
- to oppose; to set sth against; to be antagonistic to; antithetical; relative opposite; opposing; diametrical
- strange; unfamiliar
- enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- a few; a little; a bit
- delight; pleasure; joy
- stratagem; scheme
- belief; to believe (in sth)
- to lend to sb
- metaphor
- nervous; on edge; excitable; neurotic
- reason; cause
- to return sth to sb
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- not yet; still not
- 小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom); restless; fidgety
- partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
- 夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
- light ray; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
- almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left
- to summon; to beckon; to call