- open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
- an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- 踏 tà: 踏 ta4: to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spot踏 tā: 踏 ta1: see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist
- warhorse
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- brain; mind; head; essence
- (loanword) utopia
- type; form; pattern; style
- way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge
- reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- difference; distinction; disparity
- 长 cháng: 长 chang2: long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])长 zhǎng: 长 zhang3: chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy
- to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
- skillful in; proficient in; adept at
- to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme
- one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell
- (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
- 徒 tú: 徒 tu2: (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence徒 Tú: 徒 Tu2: surname Tu
- rare; rarely seen
- lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
- bottom of one's heart
- to raise; to hoist; to rise
- extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- to neglect; to overlook; to ignore
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
- good intention; kindness
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- to return to
- political circles
- certificate of appointment (to government office)