- to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally
- (fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
- 当晚 dàng wǎn: 当晚 dang4 wan3: the same evening当晚 dāng wǎn: 当晚 dang1 wan3: on that evening
- to find
- at the scene; on the spot
- Dijon (France)
- to run away; to flee in disarray
- to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence
- secretary
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- the outside world; external
- to cut off; to sever
- the eve; the night before
- 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]
- wartime
- day after day; for several days running
- to flee; to go into exile
- patience
- obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely
- to have; to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc)
- massive military force
- why?; for what reason?
- thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- method; way; technique; procedure
- to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
- towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor
- (of a group of people or a convoy of vehicles) to set off
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- plain; open country
- sense of security
- (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- an association; a society; CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1]
- to pray; to say a prayer
- to encourage
- foreign country
- high official
- 贝 bèi: 贝 bei4: cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)贝 Bèi: 贝 Bei4: surname Bei
- from within; therefrom
- to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation