- valuable; precious; to value; to treasure; to set store by
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
- latest; newest
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- subjective
- (of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy
- (of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc); to suppress (a rebellion etc)
- to determine; to resolve
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- to guard against
- type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
- as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc); to lose one's chastity
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness
- husband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- to raise; to increase
- structure; pattern; layout
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- compact car
- to allow; to permit
- stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs
- to indulge; to spoil
- easy and comfortable; easy
- carelessly; hastily
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- words; expression; what one says
- 澄清 chéng qīng: 澄清 cheng2 qing1: clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)澄清 dèng qīng: 澄清 deng4 qing1: to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances
- social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); worth; value (of stocks, valuables etc)
- snack bar; lunch room; CL:家[jia1]
- it may be assumed that
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- to burst into bloom
- stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
- first; most important; primary; foremost