- as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
- poor; impoverished
- organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
- at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
- motherland; home country
- weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken
- belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- military expenditure
- to devour
- clean; neat
- to compare
- taxation
- unreasonable
- tax payments
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- deep in debt
- large quantities of
- flock of sheep
- to migrate; to move
- north; (classical) to be defeated
- (idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation
- to dote on and trust
- to adore; to admire
- vanity
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- licentious; wanton; morally unrestrained
- lover; sweetheart
- mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
- subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
- (fig.) (of one's actions) blind; unthinking
- circumstances
- to border on
- to be afraid
- rage; fury; hot anger
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
- to resist; to withstand