- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- to joke; joke; jest
- sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)
- (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
- goodwill; benevolence; kindness
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Caesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar
- stage monologue; soliloquy
- 合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- immediately; presently; following which
- to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
- an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- forty; 40
- to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
- world
- hollow of the palm
- 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
- 尘埃落定 Chén āi lùo dìng: 尘埃落定 Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4: "Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2]尘埃落定 chén āi lùo dìng: 尘埃落定 chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4: lit. the dust has settled (idiom); fig. to get sorted out; to be finalized
- 辛 xīn: 辛 xin1: (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa辛 Xīn: 辛 Xin1: surname Xin
- Boole (surname); (math.) Boolean
- (courteous) to be so bold as to
- oath; vow; to swear; to pledge
- to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
- supreme; paramount; unsurpassed
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- 背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing
- to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
- to sing a song
- one's heart; one's mind
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- repertoire; program; song; piece of music
- to transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
- rustic; village; countryside
- Western opera; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
- poem for singing; tune; music; CL:支[zhi1]