- to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
- to stride toward (success); to march toward; to take a step toward
- to sell off (one's property)
- to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
- fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon
- proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
- to look forward to; to await; expectation
- critical; crucial; vital
- eager; impatient
- vertigo; dizziness; fainting; feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke); Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
- to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
- to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- to retrieve
- honest; forthcoming; to confess
- lit. kept inside a drum (idiom); fig. completely in the dark
- inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- to steadily deteriorate
- first half of the year
- pessimistic
- this day
- to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
- lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue
- lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt
- 莎 shā: 莎 sha1: katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration莎 sūo: 莎 suo1: used in 莎草[suo1 cao3]
- clear; bright
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- to dispute
- blog article; to write a blog article (netspeak)
- companion; mate; partner
- to be interdependent
- long; endless; boundless