- an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
- to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
- (idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
- perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied
- to think imaginatively; to envision freely
- an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
- a dream come true
- palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
- dramatist; playwright
- magic wand
- might; formidable power
- to pound; to rap
- to tremble; to quiver
- reins
- to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
- ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
- no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
- split second
- just as; no less than; like (sth momentous); as good as; tantamount to
- disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
- public
- (idiom) to take a laissez-faire attitude; to turn a blind eye (towards sth undesirable)
- same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- front line; forefront
- reserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
- extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented
- there is no alternative
- unwell; indisposed; out of sorts
- way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to break the door down and enter (idiom)
- to do evil
- lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
- lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)
- stage monologue; soliloquy
- to criticize harshly; to denounce; to attack viciously
- a castrate
- to cut off; to sever
- to lose one's way
- harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another
- 重点 zhòng diǎn: 重点 zhong4 dian3: important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on重点 chóng diǎn: 重点 chong2 dian3: to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
- to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software)