- short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute
- just; fair; to permit; to allow
- to chat
- (idiom) unprecedented
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- to serve (in some capacity); to work for
- intimate friendship; bosom buddies
- wise saying; words of wisdom
- to confer a favor on sb; to confer a benefit
- second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two)
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- 宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi
- 解 jiè: 解 jie4: to transport under guard解 xiè: 解 xie4: acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old)解 Xiè: 解 Xie4: surname Xie解 jiě: 解 jie3: to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection
- not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate
- 结 jié: 结 jie2: knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)结 jiē: 结 jie1: (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
- Virginia, US state
- predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)
- then (as in "the then chairman")
- to act for sb else; to act on sb's behalf; an agent; a diplomatic representative; a chargé d'affaires
- to neglect one's duty; dereliction of duty; malpractice
- to sack; to remove from a position; to depose
- to succeed sb in a job; successor
- to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection
- income; receipts; earnings; revenue
- worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant
- rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day
- to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- to report expenses; to submit accounts
- to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down
- tumble; somersault
- hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
- to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
- unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
- transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- as scheduled; on time; punctual
- on time; punctual; on schedule
- to abide by; to keep (promises etc)
- first batch
- matter; item