- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- artisan; smith
- books; works
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce
- to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- breath; smell; odor; flavor
- to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
- gospel
- brothers; comrade
- to exist side by side; to exist simultaneously
- course of events; process
- city resident; townspeople
- social class
- to rapidly go up in the world; meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; CL:個|个[ge4]
- dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- individuality; personality
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- to make every effort to; striving to do one's best
- delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking
- pure; clean and honest; to purify
- poem; poetic works
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- twilight; afterglow
- 强 jiàng: 强 jiang4: stubborn; unyielding强 qiǎng: 强 qiang3: to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort强 qiáng: 强 qiang2: strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]强 Qiáng: 强 Qiang2: surname Qiang
- to control
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- skill; technique
- day after day
- to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- to peep; to pry into
- behind the scenes
- secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)