- (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out
- due to; to stem from
- overbearing; arrogant bully
- instinct
- to observe and make sure; to check
- unable to restrain one's anger (idiom); in a towering rage
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- here
- (onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
- to kneel
- tears falling like rain (idiom)
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust
- to strike while the iron is hot
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- quarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)
- large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit
- feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
- to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
- IQ (intelligence quotient)
- the outside and the inside; one's outward show and inner thoughts; exterior and interior
- mirroring others; identical
- to confuse; to befuddle
- affairs of the nation; politics
- in the past; formerly
- all kinds of
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
- prison
- severe; strict
- to discipline sb; to punish; disciplinary action; to deal with (a matter); CL:個|个[ge4]
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- old-fashioned; out of date; to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon
- in the capacity of; as
- 斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- to collapse (lit. or fig.)
- details; particulars
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- overpowering (of a stench)
- to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- perfectly straight; straight as a ramrod; bolt upright
- grandeur; noble