- aesthetics
- shape; form; pattern; morphology
- in writing; written
- to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software)
- to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- to investigate and research; research; investigation
- Chinese language
- to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert
- long and continuous (coastline, sound etc); extensive; prolonged
- deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- called; named
- homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound)
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- upright; upstanding; honest
- pure; innocent
- to sinicize; to take on Chinese characteristics
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- to lead to
- to change into
- Anglo-
- Saxon (people)
- to stay away from home; residence abroad; sojourn
- the whole world; worldwide; global
- authority; authoritative; power and prestige
- expert; specialist
- modern history and contemporary history
- abbr. for 泰山北斗[Tai4 shan1 Bei3 dou3]
- first rate; top rank; number one
- China watcher; an expert on China; an old China hand
- 隆 Lóng: 隆 Long2: surname Long; short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur隆 lōng: 隆 long1: sound of drums隆 lóng: 隆 long2: grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge
- to found; to establish
- to throw into
- (of time) to pass; to elapse
- 大陆 Dà lù: 大陆 Da4 lu4: mainland China (reference to the PRC)大陆 dà lù: 大陆 da4 lu4: continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
- (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
- universe; cosmos; space
- to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
- pastiche; collage
- to benefit; favored