- function
- to assemble; to fit together
- 铁 Tiě: 铁 Tie3: surname Tie铁 tiě: 铁 tie3: iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- shackles; fetters; manacle
- joint (physiology); key point; critical phase
- manacles and leg-irons; fetters and handcuffs
- to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
- drastic; extreme; aggressive
- jail cell; prison cell
- across one's whole face; (smiling) from ear to ear
- old; aged
- old and gray-haired
- an elder; a senior
- to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook
- material; matter
- first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4]
- disgusting
- to pronounce (clearly or otherwise); to enunciate
- rigid; stiff; lacking naturalness or smoothness; awkward; forced
- to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- beard; CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
- aquiline nose; Roman nose
- (idiom) unspoken implication; the actual meaning of what was said
- sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- 嗒 dā: 嗒 da1: (onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc嗒 tà: 嗒 ta4: used in 嗒然[ta4 ran2] and 嗒喪|嗒丧[ta4 sang4]
- to interrogate; to examine; to question
- indifferent; apathetic; cold
- prisoner; convict
- to change unpredictably; unpredictable; erratic; treacherous
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- camera bag (for changing film)
- dried out; wizened; shriveled
- (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man