- unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling
- (of a watch or clock) to keep time; (physics) propagation time; travel time (of a wave)
- to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload
- to have real skill; to know one's stuff
- to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
- to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
- always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- to be involved in politics; participation in politics
- to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- to notify sb of a call; to call sb to the phone
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- north; (classical) to be defeated
- to burn incense
- rumor; gossip; to spread rumors
- to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate
- secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
- suddenly; abruptly
- to go out of control
- to pressure
- fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin
- not to be trifled with; not to be pushed around; stand no nonsense
- deep and unmeasurable (idiom); unfathomable depths; incomprehensible; enigmatic and impossible to predict
- to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
- to warn; to admonish
- (idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
- fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- (included) in it; among them
- (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- earnest; devoted; tireless; sincere; assiduous
- stable; steady; firm; to stabilize
- foundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto