- (literary) to treat with disrespect
- to avoid calamities
- to pray for blessings
- silk
- gift; present
- broom
- to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
- whisk broom; small broom; CL:把[ba3]
- arc
- thorns
- thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- to run into; to come upon; to meet
- coffin; CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
- evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
- a kind of reed
- 薰 xūn: 薰 xun1: fragrance; warm; to educate; to smoke; to fumigate薰 xūn: 薰 xun1: sweet-smelling grass; Coumarouna odorata; tonka beans; coumarin
- door; doorman (old); hanger-on of an aristocrat; social influence; pull; classifier for relatives, marriages etc
- penis
- to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat
- to devour; to bite
- 爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons
- reed
- growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
- torch
- light a fire
- mythical ape
- obstinate, perverse
- to violate; to offend
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- clan; race
- manly; masculine
- setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- acute spirit; dash; drive
- (animal's) claw
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- firm; secure
- annal; historical record; CL:筆|笔[bi3]