- Taoism; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
- angle; (fig.) point of view
- stupid; clumsy
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精[jing1], 氣|气[qi4], and 神[shen2]
- mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
- to run away; to take to one's heels
- to coalesce; to gather together; to amass
- wisdom; intelligence
- ten lines at a glance (idiom); to read very rapidly
- to have a highly retentive memory; to have sth imprinted in one's memory
- full marks
- to grade; to mark (student's work); grade; score (of student's work)
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge); (archaic) to pay a visit to sb
- (lit. and fig.) deep
- child
- short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
- profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
- 担 dān: 担 dan1: to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility担 dàn: 担 dan4: picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
- highly intelligent; brilliant
- to boast shamelessly; to talk big
- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 儿 ér: 儿 er2: child; son儿 r: 儿 r5: non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
- to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- tough; strong; formidable; fearsome
- faculty of memory; ability to remember
- comprehension; perception; feeling
- to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
- to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
- to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
- to confirm (sth to be true); to verify
- extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
- to brag
- leader
- comet
- catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate