- (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
- this side; here
- interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
- argument; view (sometimes derogatory)
- to clamor; to make noise
- to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
- first round (of match, or election)
- head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
- (in) real time; instantaneous
- to visit; to go around visiting (people or places)
- regular meeting
- easy task
- (political) legitimacy
- to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- with complex feelings (idiom)
- 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 recount in one's own words; autobiography; written self-introduction
- to add; to increase
- numerous; confused; disorderly
- reserve; spare; alternate; backup
- to sell off
- to help to resolve a dispute; to smooth things over
- to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product)
- just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- to handle; to take care of; to punish
- to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few