- amount; number
- becoming more prosperous with each passing day
- (idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
- 本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story
- on the other hand; another aspect
- 摇 yáo: 摇 yao2: to shake; to rock; to row; to crank摇 Yáo: 摇 Yao2: surname Yao
- pen; an effective writer
- sweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
- a vote; ballot; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- legislation; statute
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- government; official (approved or issued by an authority)
- a resolution; to pass a resolution
- to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
- pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic
- who; which; what
- excellent; superior
- inferior
- to increase; to strengthen
- to vote; to cast a vote
- still; as before
- We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
- debt
- to request earnestly
- principal and interest (on a loan)
- (idiom) to thank profusely; to express deep gratitude
- hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity; absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
- cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- to pay in advance; to get payment in advance
- supplier
- can't wait
- court of law
- chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; way; means
- long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
- to deliver one's judgement; to give one's verdict
- abacus; CL:把[ba3]; plan; scheme
- 落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless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 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
- to sell off (one's property)
- half price
- to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])