- at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- scar; scab
- insurrection; rebellion
- dummy run; to run through sth; to rehearse
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag
- 渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
- nature; characteristic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to earn money; moneymaking
- to look down upon; to despise
- rich family; large landlord
- to renege on a debt
- to charge; to demand payment
- to face legal action; to get sued
- one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]
- to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must
- to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence; to swallow one's anger; to grin and bear it
- to receive; to accept
- god of wealth; very wealthy man
- to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
- limitation; limit
- to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense
- colleague; co-worker
- salt water; brine
- steamed bun
- to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)
- adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
- needless to say; it goes without saying
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- carrying pole; shoulder pole; CL:根[gen1]
- to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate
- abyss
- to leap; to spring; to throw oneself
- colleague; co-conspirator; accomplice
- comparable
- illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid)