- to shrink back; to cower
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- to arrive; most; to; until
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- house door; family clan
- to extend
- social relation
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- useful; beneficial; profitable
- to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek
- 谜 mèi: 谜 mei4: see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle谜 mí: 谜 mi2: riddle
- local guide; tour escort
- to learn sth over again; to review; to brush up; to revive (memories, friendship etc)
- kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
- paternal love
- senior; older generation; precursor
- to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)
- executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer
- to besiege
- devil
- to resign; to quit
- to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- to initiate; to start; to found
- center of gravity; central core; main part
- ominous; inauspicious
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- as if gaining the most precious treasure
- to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
- to cry loudly
- attendant; waiter
- valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes
- superior quality; high grade; top grade
- Ecstasy; MDMA
- to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
- 当晚 dàng wǎn: 当晚 dang4 wan3: the same evening当晚 dāng wǎn: 当晚 dang1 wan3: on that evening
- guardian
- gentle and beautiful
- negative; the negative side
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?