- to brave death
- to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- to praise; to commend
- to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press
- directly subordinate
- (respectful) lord; master; (coll.) maternal grandfather
- to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism); to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
- billowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere; in a turmoil
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- spiritual leader (of a nation or church); religious leader
- Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
- lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible
- to wash; to cleanse of evil
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- devil
- cave; hole
- lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
- 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]
- 冷 lěng: 冷 leng3: cold冷 Lěng: 冷 Leng3: surname Leng
- 哼 hēng: 哼 heng1: to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!哼 hng: 哼 hng5: interjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion
- to make friends with
- close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4]
- light a fire
- painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
- painting; picture
- stream of consciousness (in literature)
- poem; CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
- pretty; beautiful
- 曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- to give in return
- to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for
- gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things
- poetry and prose; rhetoric
- to have one's heart filled with; (to collide) full on; (of farm animals) heavy with young
- thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- unmanned; uninhabited
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look
- everyday routine; ordinary affairs
- in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase