- whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)
- to stop; repress
- feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- money; coins; currency; silk
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- (area where) vegetation grows; the common people
- to hesitate; (literary) to pace back and forth; (literary) self-satisfied
- 吁 xū: 吁 xu1: sh; hush吁 yù: 吁 yu4: to implore
- (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- to betray; to rebel; to revolt
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- 春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
- to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal
- faint; indistinct
- to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- to demand an explanation
- intimate; close
- direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
- rashly; hastily; without careful consideration
- to go against; to be contrary to; perverse; rebellious
- to run counter to
- morality; righteousness and justice
- daily newspaper
- to deliver a punishing attack; to deal a heavy blow
- to lament
- a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
- (coll.) final part; last bit; (coll.) in the end; finally
- sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- fortunately
- to regard as important; to value
- (idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves; also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]
- lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
- to criticize
- everywhere; all over
- to respond; response
- ten; 10
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- to repair