- (law) the defendant; the accused
- to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
- to seem; to be like
- to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
- to have a try
- dangerous; sinister; vicious
- to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout
- (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
- female charms; femininity
- to detect; to investigate
- see 三更半夜[san1 geng1 ban4 ye4]
- judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence
- to leave sth for later; to postpone (work, a decision etc)
- to appear in court
- court of law
- to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
- speech; to deliver a speech
- (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters
- to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- fireplace
- prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
- the fire of a stove
- to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
- to roast; to bake
- tell-tale; informer (esp. to police); whistleblower; grass
- cigar
- to cram
- to purchase; to buy
- springboard; jumping-off point; gangplank
- to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
- road surface
- speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
- (coll.) to take (sth) as …; to treat as …; to assume; to act as if …; Taiwan pr. [zhi3dang1]
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- (idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop