- (old) to report to one's master
- absolutely safe; surefire; thorough
- calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria); hoist; generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof); muddled; (poker) full house
- 得罪 dé zui: 得罪 de2 zui5: to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]得罪 dé zùi: 得罪 de2 zui4: to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得罪[de2 zui5]
- clique member; henchman; gang member; crony
- fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
- magic trick
- to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- defender; defending counsel
- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats
- cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk
- little finger
- 妻 qī: 妻 qi1: (bound form) wife妻 qì: 妻 qi4: to marry off (a daughter)
- hibernation; living in seclusion
- (idiom) troubled times; eventful period
- the whole family; members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
- to mutter; to feel apprehensive
- short person; dwarf
- conservative political parties
- servant
- (idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
- to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel
- down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
- former days; in the past
- to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
- war chariot; tank
- to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
- Republican faction
- great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation
- sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame
- to scold
- lit. old account; old debt; fig. old scores to settle; old quarrels; old grudge
- intuition
- subconscious mind
- to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
- 历数 lì shù: 历数 li4 shu4: (literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar system历数 lì shǔ: 历数 li4 shu3: to enumerate; to count (one by one)