- cover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp
- (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on
- (dialect) to look at
- bald head
- cavity; empty; vacuous
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- a squint; sideways glance; to look askance
- to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance; a disdainful look
- deft; nimble; ingenious
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc
- a resolution; to pass a resolution
- practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- cubic meter (m³)
- eighteen; 18
- (loanword) utopia
- to pout; (dialect) to scold
- to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc); (fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to choke (on); to choke off (in speech)
- checked pattern; square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
- handbag; briefcase
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- cause; reason; because
- to participate (in sth)
- third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
- to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering
- to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip
- labor union; trade union
- council
- wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
- crew
- to take the lead; to be first to start
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- various kinds; all sorts
- persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- 支吾 zhī wú: 支吾 zhi1 wu2: to resist; to deal with支吾 zhī wu: 支吾 zhi1 wu5: to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall
- to muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush; to dodge