- to state; to declare
- to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade
- a common occurrence (idiom)
- to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations, resources etc)
- to discriminate against; discrimination
- for the past few years
- lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate; distressed
- crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch
- to parley; to negotiate; to discuss
- cohesion; cohesiveness; cohesive
- distinct; different; separately; individually; unusual; novel; (pejorative) eccentric; bizarre
- provincial boundary
- to use habitually; usual; conventional
- (archaic) capital's gate; country's border
- major city; metropolis; metropolitan
- literati; scholar
- to rationalize; to make compatible; to streamline; rationalization
- dangerous
- low stool
- cicada
- variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)
- to deepen
- 厉 Lì: 厉 Li4: surname Li厉 lì: 厉 li4: strict; severe
- appropriate; proper
- thus; thereby
- foreign guest; international visitor
- precarious as pile of eggs (idiom); ready to fall and break at any moment; in a dangerous state
- endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
- to seek an answer; to look for an explanation; to explain; explanation
- (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- (bound form) to question closely; to interrogate
- would rather ... (than ...)
- to meet; meeting; conference
- here; this place
- Siberia
- won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
- all one's life