- astronomy
- to die for a just cause
- sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- day of commemoration; memorial day
- departure (of a coach or train); to dispatch a vehicle
- to forecast; to predict; to estimate
- to be used for
- race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
- political and government circles
- (name) Sebastian
- Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
- the secular world
- 涂 tú: 涂 tu2: to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street涂 Tú: 涂 Tu2: surname Tu
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
- to present respectfully
- honor; glory
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to supervise the manufacture of; to supervise the shooting of films; executive producer (film)
- genre; style; form of writing
- really; indeed
- complete and accurate
- the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- precedent
- if (coming after a conditional clause)
- length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
- to compile; collection; compilation
- scientific knowledge
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- to anticipate; to expect
- function; capability
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- color painting
- 厂 hǎn: 厂 han3: "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc厂 chǎng: 厂 chang3: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- Left Bank (in Paris)
- flat; open-hearted; level; smooth
- restaurant; eatery
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]