- London, capital of United Kingdom
- kindhearted; place name
- iron hoof (of the oppressor)
- to think; to consider
- Gorkii (name); Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- nature; characteristic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to adjust; adjustment; revision; CL:個|个[ge4]
- slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
- to bore a hole; to drill; drilled hole
- expensive; costly
- United States; USA; US
- drill bit
- to ruin; to spoil; to break
- extreme
- accident; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3],次[ci4]
- 孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong
- 严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove
- to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- drilling machine; drill press
- to damage; to injure
- device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
- ability; competence
- to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor
- obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
- to take care of a matter all by oneself; to run the whole show
- to undertake to do everything by oneself; to run the whole show