- skin; CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4]
- to perspire; to sweat
- policy; CL:個|个[ge4]
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- maritime
- to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
- to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
- to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- contract; agreement; CL:份[fen4]
- to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to
- to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- harsh; severe; demanding
- to give a nod of approval
- to go abroad as ambassador; to be sent on a diplomatic mission
- London, capital of United Kingdom
- to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5]
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- (literary) still; yet
- 乌 Wū: 乌 Wu1: abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc; surname Wu乌 wù: 乌 wu4: used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4 la5]; used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4 la5 cao3]乌 wū: 乌 wu1: crow; black
- 夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- police detective
- to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- peace talks
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
- to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
- to sever; to break off
- Britain; British; Great Britain
- goods; commodity; merchandise; CL:宗[zong1]
- the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
- respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- indecisive; wavering
- to be cynical; to be embittered
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (scars)