- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- to fail; to lose effectiveness
- lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom); fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
- lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
- to be out of the question
- three of a kind (poker)
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- cheaply-priced; low-cost
- to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
- currently existing; currently available
- to add something extra; an additional increment; addendum; to append; an additional posthumous title
- to spread out; vendor's stand
- 薄 bó: 薄 bo2: meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near薄 Bó: 薄 Bo2: surname Bo薄 báo: 薄 bao2: thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile薄 bò: 薄 bo4: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- same trade or business; person in the same trade or business
- (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember
- to break up into parts
- to suffer damage
- firm; resolute; determined
- thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive
- to mediate (a conflict etc)
- bold and powerful; brave and fierce
- shark
- gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- conveniently; without extra trouble; while doing it; in passing
- dozen
- painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- to invest
- Middle East
- 吁 xū: 吁 xu1: sh; hush吁 yù: 吁 yu4: to implore
- preferred stock
- common stock