- an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations
- (idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
- accurate; exact; precise
- kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
- important; urgent
- to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- helper; assistant
- to predict; prophecy
- bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
- equilibrium of forces; balance of power
- to forecast; to predict; advance notice
- (idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- equal; equality
- (coll.) a long time
- to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
- stature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied together
- to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)
- not essential; dispensable
- supporting role; minor role; (of actors) to perform together
- sea wave
- radio; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- knight; Sir; (loanword) jazz
- smooth; steady
- 扒拉 pá la: 扒拉 pa2 la5: (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)扒拉 bā la: 扒拉 ba1 la5: (coll.) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of
- to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports)
- beauty; disposition; looks; appearance
- (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
- hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- countermeasure for dealing with a situation
- brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- to take the lead; to gain the upper hand
- to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
- well-known; famous