- first draft; to draw up (a first version)
- bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- broad outline; gist; summary
- hiking
- outline; synopsis; notes
- to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
- awkward situation; predicament
- to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
- 延长 yán cháng: 延长 yan2 chang2: to prolong; to extend; to delay延长 Yán cháng: 延长 Yan2 chang2: see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4]
- to shelve; to set aside
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- vexed; annoyed; upset
- whenever; every time
- to cleanse; to purge; to wash away
- arrogant; haughty
- (stage) set
- completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics)
- condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- maid
- lovers
- resourceful person; mastermind
- immediately afterwards; shortly after that
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- clear spring
- (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards
- violent rain (e.g. due to monsoon or typhoon); cloudburst
- arch
- hardworking; industrious
- what one acquires; one's gains
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant
- to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit
- morbid or abnormal state
- to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
- rural area; village; CL:個|个[ge4]
- married woman
- (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
- sheep; lamb
- fierce tiger
- to your heart's content
- limp; weak
- 泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained
- to tame; tame; docile