- to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]
- to pretend; to feign; to act a part
- 挣 zhēng: 挣 zheng1: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]挣 zhèng: 挣 zheng4: to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
- to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- traction; towing; pulling
- to carry; to take away
- to pace; to stroll
- army deserter
- tight; strict; closely controlled; rigorous and thorough
- to apologize humbly; to beg forgiveness
- question; interrogation; doubt
- the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
- to request help; to appeal (for help)
- Danei, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
- appropriate; suitable
- meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person)
- a suspect
- senior; older generation; precursor
- cruelty; torture
- to confess
- called; named
- class monitor; squad leader; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
- to transport; to convey; to deliver
- confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2]
- extremely important; no small matter
- tycoon; magnate; big player (including company, country, school etc); big shot
- gloom
- light ray; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]; light; illumination; lighting (for a photograph)
- to plan and prepare
- to sit down; to take a seat
- to obtain confessions under torture
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- teacup
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- (in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
- 戚 qī: 戚 qi1: grief; sorrow戚 qī: 戚 qi1: (bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe戚 Qī: 戚 Qi1: surname Qi
- 帅 Shuài: 帅 Shuai4: surname Shuai帅 shuài: 帅 shuai4: (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- to serve in the army; to be a soldier