- imitation; to simulate; to imitate; analog (device, as opposed to digital)
- optimal; optimum
- high place; elevation
- hilltop
- part; local
- to praise
- feel insecure; unhappy
- to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
- (bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
- old friends
- (bound form) to leave behind
- to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- to degenerate; to deteriorate; (of food) to go bad; to go off; (geology) metamorphism
- to celebrate the Chinese New Year
- to visit one's friends and relatives
- in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
- to offend
- to bow respectfully with clasped hands; to beg humbly
- to have one's wishes fulfilled
- friend
- taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
- cowering; cringing
- justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- accomplice; accessory
- to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- to rebel against the emperor (idiom)
- inner quality; basic essence
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
- charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation
- to slander; to defame; to misrepresent; to speak maliciously
- lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
- extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
- incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible