- 绷 bēng: 绷 beng1: to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop; (bound form) woven bed mat绷 běng: 绷 beng3: to have a taut face
- closely; tightly
- lit. a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); fig. (at the) critical; perilous (moment)
- (sport) to chop; to cut
- to cross a border; (sport) to go out of bounds
- to agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
- to cry out; to shout
- confused; chaotic; disorderly
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- to yield results
- a good deal of; quite a lot
- to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
- to be full of; to flood; to congest
- eager to; in a hurry to
- (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed
- lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
- beaten; exhausted; tired
- pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
- spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out
- numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned
- to make an inventory; to take stock
- (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off
- 扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code扣 kòu: 扣 kou4: button
- demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence
- to smash a ball; to spike
- an answering voice; to answer a voice; to respond; to copy a voice; to parrot
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- unable to say
- irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
- nature; temperament
- to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
- solely; just
- consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve
- quagmire
- mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face
- conscious
- to organize; to host (a conference or sports event)