- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- to blackmail; to extort
- local
- evidence; proof; testimony
- to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
- capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it
- to encourage; to foster; to foment
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- text message; SMS
- to keep an appointment
- to replace; to take over (a position or post)
- to dote on sb
- style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
- evening party; CL:個|个[ge4]
- usefulness; effectiveness; (economics) utility
- 富裕 fù yù: 富裕 fu4 yu4: prosperous; well-to-do; well-off富裕 Fù yù: 富裕 Fu4 yu4: see 富裕縣|富裕县[Fu4 yu4 Xian4]
- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)
- comfortable niche
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- satisfactory; consummate; perfect
- to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
- no less than; not inferior to
- (idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
- to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- 正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)
- lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not getting to any matter of substance; scratching the surface; superficial; perfunctory
- to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself
- bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship
- to praise; to speak highly of; compliment; praise
- to grow up
- arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)
- to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); responsible; predisposed to do the right thing; considerate of others
- (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
- subterranean; underground
- brightly lit
- to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)