- to predominate; to occupy a dominant position
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- to force; to compel; to coerce
- to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
- etiquette; ceremonial rites
- reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational
- 法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.); a Legalist
- school of thought
- to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC); Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
- Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
- arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal); (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric"); overall context
- rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws
- (manufacturing, production etc) costs
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
- to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- reliable
- conditional clause
- to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture
- (coll.) all right?; OK?
- 尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Teng2 xun4])
- river water
- high tide; rising tide
- to drown
- to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
- to rob (with force); bandit; robber; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament
- to vow; to pledge; to swear
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce
- 咱 zán: 咱 zan2: I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)咱 zá: 咱 za2: see 咱[zan2]
- 地道 dì dao: 地道 di4 dao5: authentic; genuine; proper地道 dì dào: 地道 di4 dao4: tunnel; causeway
- foolish
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located