- (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic
- funny; ridiculous
- innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)
- capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies
- to refuse politely
- henchmen
- negligible; insignificant
- to remove
- cupboard; cabinet
- 滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua
- recognition; to recognize
- to retort; to refute
- to shake off; to get rid of
- (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure
- to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
- daily newspaper
- Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- to confuse; to muddle; to mix up
- to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
- newspaper (i.e. a company); CL:家[jia1]
- ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time)
- age limit; fixed number of years
- excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- to cry bitterly
- to construct; to build
- 下水 xià shǔi: 下水 xia4 shui3: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot下水 xià shui: 下水 xia4 shui5: offal; viscera; tripe
- to extract; to excerpt