- all kinds
- (idiom) corruption
- human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- one's utmost; (to fight or work) desperately hard; to put up a life or death struggle; at all costs
- study (room)
- comfortable; at ease
- to violate (a law)
- to be strict with oneself
- to be lenient with others (idiom)
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
- 耍 Shuǎ: 耍 Shua3: surname Shua耍 shuǎ: 耍 shua3: to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
- temper
- a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]
- to castrate; a castrate; neuter
- to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
- fine hair (on the body); down; (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4 hao2 mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way")
- stern; grim; resolute; firm; unflinching; fundamental colors
- not bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- court eunuch
- 冷战 lěng zhan: 冷战 leng3 zhan5: (coll.) shiver; shudder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
- to found a country
- Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
- Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
- to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once; flash in the pan (idiom); short-lived
- to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
- holy book
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir
- to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- to split; to crack; to break open; to rend
- lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating; to have substance
- (originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market
- rumor; hearsay
- to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
- lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
- in the end; after all; eventually
- vague; faint; indistinct