- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears
- gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry!
- to hold nothing back; without reservation
- to seize the opportunity
- interpreting
- loyal; devoted; faithful
- two-faced person; double-dealing
- to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
- guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
- lazy person
- firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
- very late at night
- to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- 枪 Qiāng: 枪 Qiang1: surname Qiang枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: rifle; spear
- to set a price; to fix a price
- evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
- to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
- to make discreet inquiries; to scout out
- unable to make sense of what one is looking at
- cause; a factor (leading to an effect)
- 占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
- solar energy
- to transmit; transmission
- concave mirror
- to dazzle; dazzling
- ice-cold
- equipment; material
- sunlight
- hard to endure; unbearable
- energy sources; energy
- springhead; fountainhead; (fig.) source
- 叙 xù: 叙 xu4: to narrate; to chat叙 Xù: 叙 Xu4: abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]
- convergence; to come together
- (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
- swimming pool