- lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- more (than sth else); even more
- angry; indignant; wrath; ire
- to issue an imperial edict
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- because; owing to; on account of
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- origin; root (cause)
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- 吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- stake; vital interest; concern
- 出来 chu lai: 出来 chu5 lai5: (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出来 chū lái: 出来 chu1 lai2: to come out; to appear; to arise
- to put in a good word (for sb); (literary) beautiful words; elegant expression
- to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
- course of events; process
- (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 官 Guān: 官 Guan1: surname Guan官 guān: 官 guan1: government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- politics; government affairs
- 众 zhòng: 众 zhong4: (bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous众 Zhòng: 众 Zhong4: abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- to grab hold of; to capture
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager; (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
- eight
- already at an earlier time
- subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
- what?; something; anything
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]