- no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner
- to have the final say; to be the one in charge
- power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
- to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- progress; to advance
- (of fish) to migrate
- wrinkle; CL:道[dao4]
- sharp; incisive; penetrating
- to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
- connected by air, sea traffic or service
- ship; boat; vessel
- dam
- navigation lock
- (usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail
- Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]; Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- drop in elevation; (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc); disparity
- to release flood water; flood discharge
- power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- spectacular; magnificent sight
- torrent; torrential current; whitewater
- waterfall
- kiloton
- baseless (lie); without foundation
- young; immature
- underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate
- seventy; 70
- speed (of ship or plane)
- turbulence
- course; direction (a ship or plane is heading in)
- entire; whole (fish, road etc)
- occasionally; from time to time
- to leap up; (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out
- tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- large sum of money