- words; expressions; writing
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- warship; naval vessel
- to give; to impose; to apply
- to hit back; to return fire
- cape; headland; promontory
- beach; CL:片[pian4]
- to beat back; to repel
- archipelago; chain of islands
- unavoidable; can't be avoided
- to feel remorse; to repent; to regret
- to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
- steam
- motive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
- easy task
- to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
- (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- several years
- to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position
- Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia
- to serve as the norm; ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
- not only that, but ...
- ability; competence
- to dazzle; dazzling
- 港 gǎng: 港 gang3: harbor; port; CL:個|个[ge4]港 Gǎng: 港 Gang3: Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3]); surname Gang
- to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give
- great hopes; great expectations
- to raise (prices); to adjust upwards
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899
- beginning; to start
- to write down; to record; written account
- civilian post (as opposed to military); civil service; administration
- birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support
- to capture; to seize