- to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition
- to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
- to serve (in some capacity); to work for
- to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
- lovely wife
- to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
- jumpy; nervous; oversensitive
- to agree (to do sth); to promise
- lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom); fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- (bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
- (idiom) to be kept secret; not to be divulged
- legs and feet; ability to walk; strides
- wheelchair
- human warmth; friendliness; human touch
- bottled
- adviser; consultant
- to play a critical role (idiom); influential
- 歪 wāi: 歪 wai1: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side歪 wǎi: 歪 wai3: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
- intuition
- to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)
- dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs
- statute; constitution
- wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)
- brilliant; glorious
- capable and experienced
- to track down; to investigate and arrest
- mold; matrix; pattern or die
- key job; important position
- special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy
- Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]
- (lit. and fig.) to permeate; to seep into; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
- to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
- lawless; illegal; unlawful