- unhealthy tendency
- to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc; to take sb's side
- to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
- social work
- length of service (in years); years of employment
- to wait a moment; do not go too soon
- political position
- any; arbitrary; at will; at random
- to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
- to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- in the newspaper
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]
- less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones
- sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- to abandon; to discard; to cast away
- impassioned; worked up
- for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
- 本色 běn sè: 本色 ben3 se4: inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities本色 běn shǎi: 本色 ben3 shai3: natural color
- to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
- psychology; mentality
- (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- debate; argument; to argue over; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]
- to defeat; to beat
- majority; most
- to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- democracy; democratic
- to add luster; to add glory
- to persist in one's views
- to scare; to frighten
- Barth or Barthes (name); Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician
- (cooked) rice
- apron
- moist