- (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- art piece; work of art; CL:件[jian4]
- raw and semifinished materials
- texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)
- rotten wood
- lit. cutting and polishing (idiom); fig. to learn by exchanging ideas or experiences
- what one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience
- a ruler and his ministers (old)
- lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom); fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
- muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
- to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc)
- sleepiness
- to cast or found metals
- to make up one's mind
- sb with preternaturally good hearing (in fiction); fig. a well-informed person
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall
- to burst out laughing; to laugh
- to be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; to have a brainstorm
- immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
- clay modeling; clay figurine or statue
- voice
- money (esp. coins)
- to be used for
- to seize (the strategic high ground)
- currency; (old) exchange of goods
- user-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
- many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
- to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
- to benefit both the country and the people
- to benefit the people
- to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over
- compassion