- to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
- lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
- crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
- (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- to entrust; to trust; to commission
- to stain; to sully; to tarnish
- to bring to justice; to punish according to the law
- firmly; resolutely; without hesitation
- to write at a tremendous speed
- (idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain
- sternly; solemn
- (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- to assert; assertion
- sb condemned by history (idiom)
- public anger; popular indignation
- (law) to amend a judgment; to commute; (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
- criminal
- judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence
- to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)
- grade 3; third class; category C
- candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- to recuperate; to convalesce; to take care of one's health after illness
- one's wife and children
- to stay idle at home; to have resigned from office; to be unemployed; to have been fired; to be on a sabbatical
- ability; capability
- head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
- courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
- (of money) to come into an account; to get; to earn; income; receipts
- irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
- an accounts office (in former times); an accountant; a cashier
- an item in accounts; an entry
- movable property; money and belongings; non-real estate assets
- invaluable; priceless
- store; a business
- share certificate; stock (finance)
- third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
- partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant