- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- to order; to force
- human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
- hegemon; overlord; despot
- clause (of contract or law); CL:項|项[xiang4]
- creative genius
- to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
- to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
- difficult problem
- pointed object; cusp; pinnacle; steeple
- roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- to brainwash
- ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game)
- to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- to scare; to frighten
- to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
- poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- handsome guy; lady-killer; handsome (form of address)
- to stroll; to visit
- bookstore; CL:家[jia1]
- brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
- brazen; shameless; impudent; cheek; thick-skinned
- to be discouraged
- to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- bowl and chopsticks; tableware
- to retreat; to shrink back
- philosopher
- pain; suffering; painful; CL:個|个[ge4]
- memory (ability to retain information)
- unalterable; certainly; definitely
- breakfast
- in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
- to wait for employment; to be unemployed
- to sigh; to heave a sigh
- yawn