- scar; bruise
- four; 4
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
- conclusion; verdict; CL:個|个[ge4]; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- bandit; thug; ruffian
- calm; undisturbed
- to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied)
- the truth about sth; the actual facts
- to emerge
- water surface
- (idiom) to be duped; to get scammed
- to reduce; to decrease; to diminish
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- court of law
- sequence of movements in martial arts; routine; pattern; standard method
- lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
- art
- to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
- unusual; extraordinary
- a series of; a string of
- to overlook; to miss; to omit
- overall situation
- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
- flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
- lie
- equivocal; ambiguous
- there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late
- to prevent; to block
- victim
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- a pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct
- one's close relatives
- pain (from wound); sorrow
- for the sake of; for the purpose of
- diligent and tireless (idiom)
- honor and glory; glorious
- lowly; humble
- grandeur; noble
- pure; clean and honest; to purify
- under; beneath; less than