- Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- cadre; official; officer; manager
- working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])
- not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than
- to be just like
- rocket; CL:枚[mei2]
- perpendicular; vertical
- to fly upwards; (fig.) to rise; to increase; (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality
- behind the scenes
- promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi)
- to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
- to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered
- to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word
- narrowly; almost; nearly
- vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
- to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- (coll.) something fishy; shenanigans
- to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- dissident; alien; outsider; non-self; others
- personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life
- (idiom) to be overcome with grief
- to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth
- thankless wretch; an ingrate
- weeping bitter tears
- to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
- lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom); fig. unfounded (story); baseless (claim)
- personally; in person; oneself
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- right and wrong; quarrel
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
- (idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
- to imprison