- to hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
- to defend; to safeguard
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters
- blank space
- gap; interval
- indecisive; wavering
- see 懸崖峭壁|悬崖峭壁[xuan2 ya2 qiao4 bi4]
- to search; to seek; to explore
- (idiom) to have a dizzy spell; dazzled
- to be overwhelmed by emotions
- to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
- up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
- to commit a crime
- dark road; unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2 dao4]); the underworld; criminal gangs
- to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
- myriad; multitudinous; multifarious
- to flit across; to sweep past; to glance (strike at an angle)
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- to usurp power
- dictator; autocrat
- to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation
- royal crown; official hat; official; leader; chief; elegant and stately
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- to snap sth off; to break
- scepter
- to be in a tangle; to nag
- (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
- widely
- to spread; to disperse; to disseminate
- escaped criminal; fugitive from the law
- to lie low (until the fuss dies down)
- (idiom) penniless; completely broke
- to pay in advance; to get payment in advance
- to withdraw (money)
- hard pressed for money; in financial straits
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
- to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
- postal service; postal
- cart; chariot; carriage; buggy
- to spend (money); expenses
- to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame
- gem