- component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)
- "silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 红, 绿, 累 etc; also pr. [mi4]
- spinning and weaving
- to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- material
- to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
- to wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
- to change into
- easy and comfortable; easy
- head of state
- 鞠 Jū: 鞠 Ju1: surname Ju鞠 jū: 鞠 ju1: to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
- popular custom
- to flow and change; development and change (of society)
- agriculture; farming
- industry
- to lag behind
- 繁 Pó: 繁 Po2: surname Po繁 fán: 繁 fan2: complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
- since then; henceforth
- to put an end to
- to speculate; to conjecture
- to make a wild guess; blind guess
- arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic
- to follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide
- ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
- to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
- reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce
- flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
- boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer
- to appear to be; to seem as if
- (business) partner
- to spread out; to unfold
- to not appear to be decent or respectful; shameful
- by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
- to make a speech; statement; utterance; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software)
- (loanword) club (the organization or its premises)
- acquaintance; friend
- achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results