- before that; beforehand; previously
- estrogen
- male hormone; testosterone
- energy; vitality; vigor; vital force
- (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
- life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
- fat; obese
- dessert; sweet
- to get into a habit; to become addicted
- stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage
- fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
- to be advantageous to; to be beneficial for
- spontaneous
- scientific research
- to level the land; level ground; plain
- 覆 fù: 覆 fu4: to reply to a letter覆 fù: 覆 fu4: to cover; to overflow; to overturn; to capsize
- basket for carrying soil
- to defend; to protect (against)
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- level; even; smooth; flat
- basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
- to start from scratch
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- to thwart; to obstruct (sth)
- to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
- specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional
- to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- passive
- to resist; to rebel
- if it were not for; but for
- main part; bulk; body; subject; agent