- to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wa1 ku5]
- uneasy; ill at ease
- to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air
- machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- hasty; hurried
- 100 million
- bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- prosperous; booming
- to thank; to be grateful
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- odd; bizarre
- to ask for; to request; to demand
- ransom
- to pluck; to take
- (idiom) just a word or two; a few isolated phrases
- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob
- tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
- to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation
- effective; in effect; valid
- to hit (a target)
- vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
- wasted effort
- to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
- fickle; mercurial; changeable; capricious; to be apt to change
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- outflow; to flow out; to drain
- (idiom) intricately interconnected
- dominoes
- to collapse; to topple over
- overall; comprehensive
- thwarted; obstructed; setback
- young; childish; puerile
- road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- child
- to play; to have fun; to hang out