- lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
- appearance; manner; pattern; model
- to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
- day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
- to work against the clock; to hurry with work to get it done in time
- to bribe
- fortune-telling; to tell fortune
- a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state
- to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth; (commerce) account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
- a traitor; a treacherous bandit
- nobleman; person of noble character
- to vanish gradually; to disappear; to fade out
- 摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: hem (at the bottom of a garment)
- see 胸有成竹[xiong1 you3 cheng2 zhu2]
- (literary) not to speak
- as if gaining the most precious treasure
- fort
- interior; inside (part, section); internal
- to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
- easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
- inside and out; or so
- explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- to volunteer for military service; to offer oneself for an assignment
- palm of the hand; classifier: slap
- in the sky; in the air
- to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- in the final analysis; ultimately
- Ministry of Supervision (MOS)
- boor
- quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]
- to judge; to decide; judgment; determination
- confidence; faith (in sb or sth); CL:個|个[ge4]
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt
- 横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent
- 荫 yīn: 荫 yin1: (bound form) shade (of a tree)荫 yìn: 荫 yin4: shade
- insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
- accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
- to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)