- to swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway
- the world; this world; the world of the living
- sturdy
- strategic
- to divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
- to stand firmly; to gain a foothold; to establish oneself
- sound of thunder
- to take possession of; to get hold of
- to respond; response
- 冷战 Lěng zhàn: 冷战 Leng3 zhan4: (US-Soviet) Cold War冷战 lěng zhàn: 冷战 leng3 zhan4: cold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms冷战 lěng zhan: 冷战 leng3 zhan5: (coll.) shiver; shudder
- not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
- leave of absence request (from work or school)
- to observe mourning for one's parents
- (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
- to comfort; to console; to reassure
- that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
- (coll.) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother
- peaceful death at a very advanced age
- longevity; venerable age; your venerable age?
- to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
- to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
- filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
- old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word; to blow hot and cold; to contradict oneself; inconsistent
- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- (idiom) confused; troubled; bewildered
- during; at the time of
- difficult; hard; arduous
- time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day
- grand; prosperous; ceremonious; solemn
- to hesitate
- impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
- must; have to; be bound to
- expression of surprise
- to pronounce; pronunciation; to emit sound
- opera libretto