- attention; to stare at; to fix attention on sth
- to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
- information; intelligence
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- to trust; to have confidence in
- to present as a gift
- couple; pair
- France
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- glass; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]; (slang) male homosexual
- (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent)
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- to give sb (a gift) in return
- branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- first; most important; primary; foremost
- cloisonne; cloisonné
- snuff bottle
- secret appointment
- to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- people
- 说 shùi: 说 shui4: to persuade说 shūo: 说 shuo1: to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine
- (idiom) trusted assistant; key aide
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position; (telephony) outside line; (basketball) outside the three-point line
- (great) majority
- to sneer
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- wolf; CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
- 哪 nǎ: 哪 na3: how; which哪 na: 哪 na5: (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪 né: 哪 ne2: used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]哪 něi: 哪 nei3: which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
- 管 Guǎn: 管 Guan3: surname Guan管 guǎn: 管 guan3: to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- so long as; provided; if
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5]
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- preceding period; early stage
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- first of all; in the first place