- sad; sorrowful
- bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
- (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work
- 营生 yíng sheng: 营生 ying2 sheng5: (coll.) job; work营生 yíng shēng: 营生 ying2 sheng1: to earn a living
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- 羊 yáng: 羊 yang2: sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]羊 Yáng: 羊 Yang2: surname Yang
- tragic situation; dreadful state
- to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything
- to write comments on a report submitted by a subordinate; written comments from a superior
- the secular world
- to forgive; forgiveness
- to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment
- to offer an opinion; to comment (on the issue); to have a say (in the matter)
- to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
- to assent; to comply with
- to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
- to talk about; to mention
- severe; strict
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- immediate
- bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition)
- to organize into groups; marshalling
- inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate
- to convict (sb of a crime)
- thorny (problem); intractable
- backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- suburbs; outskirts
- moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
- an execution; to put sb to death
- to interrogate; to examine; to question
- to be deemed guilty; to be convicted
- to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation