- stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
- peasant; farmer
- to follow the crowd; going with the tide
- desire for knowledge
- grade; exam mark
- to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
- to limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries
- line of sight
- bearing; manner; presence
- disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
- to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne (applies esp. to Empress Dowager or Regent)
- to sit upright
- to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation
- working hand; member of a work team; participant; the boss (short form of 第一把手[di4 yi1 ba3 shou3])
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- second only to ...; ranking behind only ...
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- unrestrained; unbridled; free and unrestrained (style); bold
- awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche
- presentable; decent; up to par
- convoluted and overelaborate (document); unnecessarily elaborate writing; mumbo-jumbo
- to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
- bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
- profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
- words and actions; what one says and what one does
- unruly; uninhibited
- 刘 líu: 刘 liu2: (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter刘 Líu: 刘 Liu2: surname Liu
- (old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
- restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations)
- to polish a text; rhetoric; ornate language; to use florid language to conceal errors; to gloss over
- to die young; short-lived
- to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- 猫 māo: 猫 mao1: cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem猫 máo: 猫 mao2: used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]
- to infect; contagious
- manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post