- 周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- (of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse
- to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game
- particular year
- number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)
- flood
- to spread to; to involve; to affect
- range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- 鲁 Lǔ: 鲁 Lu3: surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]鲁 lǔ: 鲁 lu3: (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- short name for Anhui 安徽[An1 hui1]
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- to ventilate; to induce a draft; spasm; convulsion
- to rush out
- waterway; ship channel
- slurry; mud
- (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
- Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
- 贾 Jiǎ: 贾 Jia3: surname Jia贾 gǔ: 贾 gu3: merchant; to buy
- plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
- dam; dike
- to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)
- river course; river channel
- old road; old way; old course (of a river)
- to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4 biao1])
- to oppose; to be against; to object to
- to erupt; an eruption
- volcano
- to deal with concrete matters; pragmatic
- mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]
- without hesitation; resolutely; firmly
- to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project
- whip; CL:根[gen1]
- sword and spear; weapons