- bones; skeleton
- sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point
- to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
- to weave; to knit
- to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- goddess; nymph
- to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master
- narrow; small-minded
- to finalize (a design etc); stereotype; permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)
- besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
- style of dress; one's appearance
- vast and indistinct; perplexed; bewildered; at a loss
- poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- line of sight
- to blink; to wink
- handwork; manual
- 番 fān: 番 fan1: (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")番 Pān: 番 Pan1: surname Pan
- to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching
- mien; complexion
- the way one carries oneself
- (literary) graceful; charming
- (idiom) depressed; dispirited
- all over; from head to toe
- one and only (idiom); rarely seen; unique of its kind
- outer space
- to climb (of climbing plants); to creep; to cling on to; fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful); social climbing
- seaweed; marine alga; kelp
- to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
- wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- watery; waterlogged (soil); limpid; bright and intelligent (eyes)
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- 猫 māo: 猫 mao1: cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem猫 máo: 猫 mao2: used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]
- to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
- to put down; to leave behind; to throw or knock down; to abandon or discard
- to skim over; to browse
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
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