- characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
- three of a kind (poker)
- spinal column; columna vertebralis
- wing; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4]
- dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly person
- to filter
- species
- 龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- in common usage
- to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
- temple; ancestral shrine
- dougong – an interlocking wooden bracket system between the top of a column and a crossbeam, used in traditional Chinese architecture to support overhanging roofs, composed of blocks and arms fitted together without nails
- 雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: bird of prey
- aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
- decorative design
- lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will
- 尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)
- 崔 cūi: 崔 cui1: (literary) (of mountains) lofty崔 Cūi: 崔 Cui1: surname Cui
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei
- to appoint; (job) appointment; CL:紙|纸[zhi3]
- to remove sb from their post; to dismiss
- (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse
- to feign illness; to malinger
- secretary
- terrible mess; shambles
- it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
- to reach; to arrive
- (of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous; (fig.) highly emotional; fervent
- shuttle of a loom
- limousine; luxury carriage
- stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
- family property
- ancient language; old expression
- all crows are black (idiom); evil people are bad all over the world
- to toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly; to wander
- to go into exile; to be in exile
- to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others