- to advise against; to dissuade
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
- 歪 wāi: 歪 wai1: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side歪 wǎi: 歪 wai3: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
- neck
- willow
- death by hanging; to hang oneself
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- to use fully; to put to use
- to give it your all; to go at it with all you've got; to throw your whole weight behind it; also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 磨 mó: 磨 mo2: to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist磨 mò: 磨 mo4: grindstone; to grind; to turn round
- hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)
- (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to stop; to obstruct
- if it were not for; but for
- to come to sb's door; to call on sb
- to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 达 Dá: 达 Da2: surname Da达 dá: 达 da2: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
- lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
- to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]
- one time (all the way through); once through
- to vouch for
- absolute; unconditional
- qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
- moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore
- if; in case; in the event that
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- suitable; appropriate
- choice of person; candidate
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-