- to reduce by half
- 分 fēn: 分 fen1: to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)分 fèn: 分 fen4: part; share; ingredient; component
- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- simply; really
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- child
- seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- to demand an explanation
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- to educate; to teach; education
- (of a ruler) to strive to make one's nation strong and prosperous (idiom)
- the people
- pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- to go forward; to advance; to go in; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- the present time; to be faced with
- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- if
- (coll.) perhaps
- Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
- to admit defeat; to give in; to acknowledge a mistake; to apologize; to be amenable to persuasion
- 怒 Nù: 怒 Nu4: Nu ethnic group怒 nù: 怒 nu4: anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous
- see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jia4 he4 xi1 qu4]
- those
- accomplice; accessory
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
- urgent; emergency
- cannot help; to be beyond control of
- to negotiate; discussion; proposal
- (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself
- to haggle over price; to bargain
- first of all; in the first place
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- responsibility
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- (lit. and fig.) deep