- to gossip; to argue unnecessarily
- to talk nonsense; drivel
- to act tactfully; tactful; discreet
- to give up one's seat for sb
- day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day
- to water down; to play down; to trivialize; to weaken; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination
- casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- (idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
- impatient; to lose patience
- to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use
- one's purpose in coming
- (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload
- subjective idea
- (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- bucketloads of; in large quantities; extremely
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers)
- strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
- fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
- to do sth by force; Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2]
- to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)
- to go in
- to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; stingy; miserly; to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
- to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
- (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
- cause; reason; interest; influence
- equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
- form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males)