- to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[bu4 hui4 yan2] "to state frankly")
- willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
- 柏 bò: 柏 bo4: used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2 bo4]; Taiwan pr. [bo2]柏 bǎi: 柏 bai3: cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]柏 Bǎi: 柏 Bai3: surname Bai; Taiwan pr. [Bo2]柏 bó: 柏 bo2: (used for transcribing names)
- lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
- to put on record; to file
- hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
- to trample
- lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy
- to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
- constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
- professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- lit. stray dog (idiom); fig. one who has nothing to rely on
- to order; to force
- muddy; mud
- to walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
- shoe
- to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
- (coll.) mud
- to take loving care of; to value
- 倘 cháng: 倘 chang2: used in 倘佯[chang2 yang2]倘 tǎng: 倘 tang3: if; supposing; in case
- to lose one's footing; to slip; to take a wrong step in life
- to reach everywhere; to stop at nothing; to do one's utmost
- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable
- the moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction
- everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
- bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
- to serve; to attend upon
- black clothes; servant (old); young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4]
- to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth
- from time to time
- to maintain; to keep up; to hold together
- inclination; interest