- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- dip into water; to temper
- poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
- dagger
- people
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- each; every
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- open; overt; public; to make public; to release
- to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- justice; righteousness; just; righteous
- to intervene; to get involved
- to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- individuality; personality
- unfeeling; callous
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
- battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
- (literary) to give; to accord; to render
- fellow soldier; comrade; companion; intimate friend
- or; either one or the other
- to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
- even; so much so that
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- in private
- to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
- by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- to compete; competition