- to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
- to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
- to tear; to rip
- to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
- to scold
- one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally
- in a great rush; in a flurry
- argument; line of reasoning; thesis; point (of discussion)
- to injure sb
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- funny; ridiculous
- (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance
- (bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- there is no need; why should
- continuous; unceasing
- hard to take; embarrassed
- since childhood; from a young age
- to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
- to control; to dominate; to allocate
- deep in one's heart
- to escape; to flee; to run away
- to draw a lesson (from a setback)
- to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
- to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake
- is not; has never been; never occurring; unprecedented
- to bend an ear (to); to listen
- to be confused; to be baffled
- not proper; inappropriate
- to make a mistake; error
- concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently
- to lash out; to reprimand
- lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience
- to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
- (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered