- number of degrees; reading (on a meter); strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
- to harmonize; harmony; cooperation; (music) consonant
- to audit; to investigate thoroughly
- diameter
- size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
- question; interrogation; doubt
- domestic and international; at home and abroad
- to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery
- to recite; to sing (of poetry)
- at what time?; when?
- to bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation
- artificial; manpower; manual work
- to write a poem on the order of the Emperor
- to versify; to compose poetry
- to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
- to write an essay; composition (student essay); CL:篇[pian1]
- to satirize; to ridicule; to mock
- to set up; to establish
- to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile
- (used in overseas Cantonese communities) Chinese person
- lofty
- 清新 Qīng xīn: 清新 Qing1 xin1: see 清新區|清新区[Qing1 xin1 Qu1]清新 qīng xīn: 清新 qing1 xin1: fresh and clean
- the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949)
- exposed; appearing on the outside
- short of; tired
- vigorous; firm; forceful
- fresh and cool; relaxed
- lit. new bud; fig. new and original
- to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
- expression; spirit; vigor
- majestic; awesome; full of power and grandeur
- simple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
- to use literary quotations; to use phrases taken from the classics