- firm; decisive
- hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel
- to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- to control; to restrain
- gauze
- undercurrent
- to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
- to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
- lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom); fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
- to beat sb; to beat (a drum)
- a scout; spy
- domestic animal; livestock; cattle
- to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- Loire River, France
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
- it's just perfect; it's just right
- all ready; available; complete
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- see 泰安市[Tai4 an1 Shi4]; see 泰安鄉|泰安乡[Tai4 an1 Xiang1]
- all the more; even more; further
- dilemma; quandary; to face a difficult choice
- blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
- 调配 diào pèi: 调配 diao4 pei4: to allocate; to deploy调配 tiáo pèi: 调配 tiao2 pei4: to blend (colors, herbs); to mix
- to mend
- a gun; guns in general
- (of troops) to depart for; to head for
- to be responsible for
- empty talk; bunk; malicious gossip