- disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- (lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
- sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- puppet
- to think sth through; to consider carefully
- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- (archaic) to live in seclusion; to pass away
- to evade; to shirk
- knowing (of a smile, look etc)
- faint; indistinct
- substance; essence
- local official
- duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- to correct; to make right
- since the beginning of history
- government revenue; tributary goods and finances; finances and taxes; wealth; property; belongings
- to implement; to carry out
- to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
- taxation
- thing; object
- to have; to possess
- to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- ocean; vastness
- to select the best
- to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; to expedite childbirth; (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence
- to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
- to manage; to handle
- list of names
- curriculum vitae (CV); résumé; biographical notes
- not without
- to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage; to appear publicly; (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- to apply for sth; application form (CL:份[fen4])
- prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- order (from above)