- in the end; after all; eventually
- a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
- character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- irascible; irritable
- to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
- outward appearance; superficial; (philosophy, psychology) representation; idea; (math.) representation
- reproductive system
- fervent
- to return to
- were it not for; if not for
- pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless
- Oedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
- trade and commerce
- extremely (placed after verb or adjective)
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- to sever; to break off
- (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- to bury; buried; interred
- 尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)尸 shī: 尸 shi1: (bound form) corpse
- 臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)
- to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
- suddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something
- to benefit; favored
- to take shape; shaping; forming
- to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- positive point; merit; redeeming quality
- to be alive
- (Catholicism) pope; pontiff
- to dissolve; to disband
- easily obtained; readily available
- beforehand; in advance
- clone human
- principle; theory
- theatrical
- to replace; alternately; in turn
- often; frequently
- mixture; blend
- fault; mistake; to miss (a chance)