- to process; processing; working (of machinery)
- portrait; to do a portrait of sb
- immediately; suddenly
- supernatural
- phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance
- to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications
- to hover between life and death (idiom); to suffer terribly; within an inch of one's life
- preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
- 尽快 jǐn kuài: 尽快 jin3 kuai4: as quickly as possible; as soon as possible尽快 jìn kuài: 尽快 jin4 kuai4: see 儘快|尽快[jin3 kuai4]
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- time available
- lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
- mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]
- to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to lurch; to hobble; to totter
- to learn to walk; (fig.) to learn sth, making unsteady progress; to get started on the learning curve
- (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom); fig. extremely delicate; fragile
- to grow up
- thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
- (idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- penetrating; thorough; incisive
- society
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- see 百折不撓|百折不挠[bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2]
- ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration
- to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
- value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- level of heat; (fig.) zeal; fervor; (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
- definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
- ultimate; final
- to stop; to bar the way
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)
- 迫 pò: 迫 po4: to persecute; to oppress; embarrassed迫 pò: 迫 po4: to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; urgent; pressing迫 pǎi: 迫 pai3: used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3 ji1 pao4]
- before one's eyes; now; at present
- monograph; specialized text
- leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]