- contrary; opposite; to run counter to
- this day
- unusual; abnormal
- officially recognized; genuine; legitimate
- to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- entanglement; dispute
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- hypothesis
- brains; mind; head; way of thinking
- to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating)
- motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful
- solely; just
- between rows
- to complicate; to become complicated
- to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- without end; incessantly; on and on
- to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive
- to seize the throne
- necessary; must have
- 好事 hào shì: 好事 hao4 shi4: to be meddlesome好事 hǎo shì: 好事 hao3 shi4: good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
- to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
- warship
- heinous crime
- rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
- crime; evil; sin
- to profit from sth; to get benefit
- to choose (literary)
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- weak; frail
- to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
- (engineering) to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen; (fig.) to rectify shortcomings
- customary
- to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append
- to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around
- favored minister
- to come to power; to hold power; in office