- art of war; military strategy and tactics
- can't help it; can't bear it
- to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom); to be astonished
- even if; even though
- to regard as; to treat as
- awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass)
- to come up with (an innovation); innovation
- endlessly interesting (idiom); very witty
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- expressive power
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- to guess
- smart; charming; attractive; witty; facetious; ironic
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- to sharpen
- ability to write; writing skill; written; in written form
- to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- excessively; too
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- to get to the intended location; to be in place; to be in position; precise; well (done)
- to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package; CL:個|个[ge4]
- mud; mire
- stockings; pantyhose
- to follow; following; along
- to snatch away
- to link; to join; to connect
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- 过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]
- to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- ceiling; awning (under ceiling)
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
- to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
- housetop; roof
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to lift up
- only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- a little