- movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- attire; clothes; dress
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand
- to ruin one's constitution
- greatly disappointed
- to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding; CL:個|个[ge4]
- spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
- to form; to take shape
- (of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- to assert; to claim
- beautiful; fine
- optimistic; hopeful
- slowly; gradually
- Frank (name)
- close friend
- at one's side; on hand
- to sign a contract or agreement
- midsummer; second month of summer
- to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk
- to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount
- (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for
- steamship; steamer; steamboat; CL:艘[sou1]
- journey around the world
- starting point
- to promise; to pledge
- to cross (a body of water)
- Atlantic Ocean
- regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- to feign; to pretend
- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- to beat against the shore (of waves)
- to echo; to reverberate; to respond; echo; response; reaction
- why
- grand; heroic
- Düsseldorf (city in Germany)
- historian
- Albert (name)