- 泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp
- did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
- ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
- to stop
- to rest for a bit; to take a breather
- leisurely mood; relaxed frame of mind
- to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental
- scenery
- hasty; hurried
- to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on
- to rush over
- course of events; process
- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- (bound form) meritorious accomplishment
- Mongolia; Mongol ethnic group
- accomplished; elegant
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- to assist; to complement; auxiliary
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom); fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- money; currency
- (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
- among; in the middle; in the center
- difficult; hard; challenging
- not only; not just
- to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- safe; secure; safety; security
- tough; unyielding; hard-line
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
- north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south
- to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide