- to give birth to a child or children
- many; a lot of; much
- to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into
- circle; ring; (social) circle
- successor
- master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
- to change profession
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- saddle
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- to interact; interrelated
- reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
- feasible
- long-winded; wordy; troublesome; pesky; to talk endlessly; to go on and on; also pr. [luo1suo1]
- brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- to contain; to hold; (of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit; veiled (criticism)
- 绕 rào: 绕 rao4: to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex绕 rào: 绕 rao4: to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour
- lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head
- harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
- Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2], also known as 晏嬰|晏婴[Yan4 Ying1], hero of book 晏子春秋[Yan4 zi3 Chun1 qiu1]
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- 齐 Qí: 齐 Qi2: (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi齐 qí: 齐 qi2: neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- thick soup
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- up until now; so far
- civil and military
- persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- won't work; will get (you) nowhere
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- to cause trouble; to create a disturbance
- to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement
- voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]