- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)
- already at an earlier time
- to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains
- outside; excluding
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- thing; object
- to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- favorite pupil
- small; tiny; few; young
- 德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- 张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang
- there
- old; aged
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- sad; sorrowful
- excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- confused; disorderly; incoherent
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- it could even be said
- to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
- firstly, ...
- to look as if; to seem
- power; authority
- to give; to deliver; to hand over
- to handle (affairs); to work
- clever; quick-witted
- fast; high-speed; rapid
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- actually; in fact
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate