- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- to occupy
- social activity
- one third
- see 失之東隅，收之桑榆|失之东隅，收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]
- to finalize (a design etc); stereotype; permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)
- to look as if; to seem
- meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of
- inner quality; basic essence
- to detest; to loathe; to abhor
- or; either one or the other
- (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
- more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- to profiteer; to gain some underhand advantage
- insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
- embryonic period (contrasted with 後天|后天[hou4 tian1]); inborn; innate; natural
- to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
- to have a highly retentive memory; to have sth imprinted in one's memory
- (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
- decimal point
- to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request)
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- to be very clear about sth (idiom)
- to admire
- 慑 shè: 慑 she4: Taiwan pr. [zhe2]慑 shè: 慑 she4: (bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. [zhe2]
- won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- corridor; passageway (in storied building)
- father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- hammer; large hammer; sledgehammer
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- 启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
- to argue; to debate; to contend; argument; contention; controversy; debate; CL:次[ci4],場|场[chang3]
- (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement