- to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
- 弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)
- 背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
- to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
- 踏 tà: 踏 ta4: to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spot踏 tā: 踏 ta1: see 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- 泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp
- to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
- horizon
- 照 zhào: 照 zhao4: to shine; to illuminate照 zhào: 照 zhao4: according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- to shine; shiny
- baseless (lie); without foundation
- to fear; to dread; foreboding
- ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- feather; plumage; plume
- lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance; rapidly developing (situation)
- to be more scared than hurt (idiom); to get through a daunting experience without mishap
- hairy; downy
- small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
- male eagle; tercel
- (idiom) muddleheaded
- desire; longing; appetite; craving
- 小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist
- 平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping
- dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)
- lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure; the situation is hopeless
- to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on
- (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
- to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom); to discern what sb thinks from his body language
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- frightened; terrified
- lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- relieved; at ease; feel relieved
- to return in triumph; to return victorious
- the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
- sickbed
- words of the deceased; last words of the dying; wisdom of past sages
- source material (in literature and art)