- using this as a pretext; thereby
- to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- since; as; this being the case
- reliable
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- firm and solid; robust; reliable
- security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
- warlike
- pleasing to the eye; nice to look at
- to admit (to membership)
- to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc)
- circle; ring; (social) circle
- morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future
- to reject; to discard; to get rid of
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- crisis
- to combine; to join; unite; alliance
- to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook
- in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)
- the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
- to abandon; to discard; to cast away
- dross; dregs; rubbish; fig. useless residue
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- need not
- uprising; insurrection; revolt
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- kingdom; realm
- money; currency
- dynasty
- for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- 柴 chái: 柴 chai2: firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)柴 Chái: 柴 Chai2: surname Chai
- to raise salary
- to fall from power; to collapse; downfall
- incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to
- to express; to convey
- to feel remorse; to repent; to regret
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- (idiom) genuine; sincere; wholehearted
- as; as if; such as
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- to face an attack; to repulse the enemy
- decisive; conclusive
- to smash to pieces