- to increase without letup; to get worse and worse (idiom)
- to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for
- to cut
- to convert; conversion; (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
- exchange rate
- (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
- to be on tenterhooks (idiom); to be anxious and frightened
- to scheme together; to conspire; joint plan; conspiracy
- to obliterate; to erase
- holding two jobs simultaneously
- overpowering (of a stench)
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- deep; profound
- to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look
- premier; prime minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- tall boots
- extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
- evening prayer; evensong; vespers
- (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
- (military) the enemy's rear; behind enemy lines
- tear stains
- to drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid); classifier for drops of liquid
- to place great importance on; to treasure
- to waft (through the air); to drift
- a slip of a pen; CL:處|处[chu4]
- Nick (name)
- disorderly situation; chaotic state of affairs
- didn't expect
- abuse of power
- (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors
- to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts
- imperial wives and concubines
- to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly