- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- to move (from one residence to another)
- to catch (a disease); to get (a bad habit)
- to catch cold; (common) cold; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand
- gait; to walk
- habitat; living environment
- sharply; distinctly; radically
- before this; before then; previously
- to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence; to trust completely; to confide in sb with entire sincerity
- to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
- heartstrings
- to equal; to be tantamount to
- connoisseur; expert
- to praise; to speak highly of; compliment; praise
- lit. to put everything out including the tray; to reveal everything; to make a clean breast of it all
- approved by His (or Her) Majesty; permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position); to graciously permit; to condescend to allow
- to receive; to draw; to get
- official's salary (in feudal times)
- can be regarded as; qualifies as (something positive)
- sensible act
- to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- to pray for; to appeal
- willing (to do sth); to take pleasure in
- to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself
- to leave; to exit
- kindly; nice; amiable
- to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- (idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
- movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism
- grand; heroic
- to leak out; to divulge; to reveal
- to declare to be untrue; to deny
- boss; superior
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- to avoid suffering; to prevent (sth bad); to protect against (damage); immunity (from prosecution); freedom (from pain, damage etc); exempt from punishment
- to spread to; to involve; to affect
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair