- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to rebuild; to reconstruct; to reestablish
- to audit; to investigate thoroughly
- to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- step; pace
- to take a step; to stride
- unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp
- to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step
- to go steady and strike hard (in fighting); fig. steadily and surely
- to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)
- exceptional; outstandingly good
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- to be content with; to be accustomed to
- ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- navy
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- sturdy
- courage
- talent (usually literary or artistic)
- (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place
- diligence; diligent; industrious
- upright; upstanding; honest
- the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling
- to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out
- to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom); fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
- irascible; irritable
- dispirited; dejected; dismayed
- (written) resignation
- to write a letter
- to send; to dispatch