- to follow blindly; to conform slavishly; unthinking obedience
- (literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times
- to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize
- to put pen to paper
- impoverished; destitute
- 内地 Nèi dì: 内地 Nei4 di4: mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)内地 nèi dì: 内地 nei4 di4: inland; interior; hinterland
- overall; comprehensive
- experiment; test; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; experimental; to experiment
- partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
- poor and feeble
- to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince
- innocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated
- to portray
- tangled and complicated (idiom)
- lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
- cavity; empty; vacuous
- false; phony; sham
- to uphold; to hold fast to
- against one's will; willy-nilly
- to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
- to gain by cheating
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- humanism
- (idiom) needless to say; it goes without saying
- pedigree
- individualism
- proposer; initiator; founding member
- to gather together
- relations with other people
- various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
- trustworthy; reliable
- carat (mass) (loanword)
- centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
- 俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]