- to work out; to formulate
- lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person
- fart; flatulence; nonsense; (usu. in the negative) what; (not) a damn thing
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- (fig.) trump card
- Your Majesty; His or Her Majesty
- indifferent; apathetic; cold
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); fig. the truth comes to light
- to dispute; to refute
- pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf
- ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- military affairs; (attributive) military
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 美 Měi: 美 Mei3: (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])美 měi: 美 mei3: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- to be defeated and dispersed
- unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
- to attach most importance to
- no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
- lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
- stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- destructive power; harmfulness
- to counterattack; a counteroffensive
- seventeen; 17
- seven; 7
- corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corruption
- monster; freak; eccentric person
- to renovate; to refurbish; to refresh (computer window); to write a new page (in history); to break (a record)
- dim; sad
- to leave the venue; (of an athlete) to leave the field; (of an investor) to exit the market; (of an aircraft) to depart
- (idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree
- to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)
- to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize
- tear; teardrop; CL:滴[di1]
- to entrust
- successor
- to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- family matters; domestic affairs; housework