- to invade and harass
- common people
- to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn
- (idiom) to take office; to assume a post
- half a year
- robber
- to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily); to cover one's traces; to lie low; to retire (from view)
- to enter a country
- winding; (fig.) complicated
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- to dramatize historical events; novel or play on historical theme
- I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- to write down
- conclusion; ending
- worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world
- 龙 Lóng: 龙 Long2: surname Long龙 lóng: 龙 long2: Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
- local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
- (idiom) reasonable; fair
- (cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge
- to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- reason; cause
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- to be a newcomer; just off the boat
- suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
- with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
- historical material or data
- answer; solution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- other; another; separate; separately
- to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]
- a stranger; out-of-towner
- 省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- 符 fú: 符 fu2: mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide符 Fú: 符 Fu2: surname Fu