- relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)
- to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)
- to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- to activate
- (lit. and fig.) dark side
- to purchase; to buy; to bribe; to buy off
- to split apart; differentiation
- committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous
- to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
- platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
- hostile; enemy (factions); combative
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
- to rely on; to depend on; support
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to expel; to deport; banishment
- 落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
- 下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- to welcome; to greet
- 新纪元 Xīn jì yuán: 新纪元 Xin1 ji4 yuan2: New Age (movement)新纪元 xīn jì yuán: 新纪元 xin1 ji4 yuan2: new era; new epoch
- to see with one's own eyes; very soon
- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- disciple; follower
- Cai E (1882–1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4 guo2 jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor
- lit. to join hands; to act together
- to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out
- pleased; elated
- mellow and full; suave; smooth and round; rich (in voice)
- 转 zhuǎi: 转 zhuai3: see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]转 zhuǎn: 转 zhuan3: to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)转 zhuàn: 转 zhuan4: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- 圜 huán: 圜 huan2: circle; encircle圜 yuán: 圜 yuan2: circle; round
- only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort
- in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- future (career etc) prospects
- cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- the tip of a writing brush; vigor of style in writing; stroke; touch
- (formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting; pen; calligraphy brush; a large sum of (money)
- to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- 袁 yuán: 袁 yuan2: long robe (old)袁 Yuán: 袁 Yuan2: surname Yuan
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- at this point; thus; from then on
- the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude
- still (remaining); to remain (the same); yet