- good deeds
- in the final analysis; in the end
- 澄清 chéng qīng: 澄清 cheng2 qing1: clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)澄清 dèng qīng: 澄清 deng4 qing1: to settle (of liquid); to become clear (by precipitation of impurities); precipitate (chemistry); to put in order; to quell disturbances
- bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
- lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse
- 凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: terrible; fearful凶 xīong: 凶 xiong1: vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- huge waves; (fig.) ruckus; controversy; sensation
- to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through
- critical juncture; key moment
- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)
- 愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: honest and prudent愿 yuàn: 愿 yuan4: (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes
- though; although
- exterior scene; outdoor scene
- 景 Jǐng: 景 Jing3: surname Jing景 jǐng: 景 jing3: (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight
- to manufacture; to make
- trend; tendency; orientation
- Bureau of Civil Affairs
- neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- 证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: to admonish证 zhèng: 证 zheng4: certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm
- (idiom) auspicious day (for a wedding, ceremony etc)
- to obtain a certificate or license etc; (esp.) to obtain a marriage certificate; to marry
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
- lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
- end of the month
- power; might; prestige
- to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- physically and emotionally exhausted
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- to propose marriage
- to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
- flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc
- rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa) (CL:棵[ke1]); rose flower (CL:朵[duo3])
- to pass by or through
- subconscious mind
- to waste; to squander
- 束 Shù: 束 Shu4: surname Shu束 shù: 束 shu4: to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
- age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted