- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- on the other hand; another aspect
- fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- to stretch taut; to open (an umbrella); to hold (a bag etc) open; to prop open
- interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive
- to urge; to prompt; to spur on; to order sb about
- to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- just as; precisely as
- hastily
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- collarbone; clavicle
- level; even; smooth; flat
- underbelly; lower abdomen
- upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream
- 弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
- to kiss; kiss
- neck
- to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over
- 拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
- by chance; as chance would have it
- 处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
- 挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- 搂 lǒu: 搂 lou3: to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms搂 lōu: 搂 lou1: to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort
- to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to; to match; to balance; to offset; to mortgage; to make up for; to compensate for; to arrive at; to reach; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- fortunately
- all around
- to walk
- slight; faint; humble
- to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
- to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out
- pitch-black
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- wiring; to connect a wire
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
- to unload
- knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to kneel