- to take the lead; to show initiative
- dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- previously; formerly; once upon a time
- to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)
- to esteem; to admire
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile); also written 犯得上[fan4 de5 shang4]
- grilled food on skewers
- to eat slowly (idiom)
- countryside; areas outside the city
- (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other
- whale
- python
- python
- cheetah
- (bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile; classifier for bunches, clusters, piles etc
- loquacious; to have a loose tongue
- to tighten; to contract; to shrink in
- to wave sth; to brandish
- to bow in salute; to kowtow
- favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
- to merge with; interlinking; to join with; to interlock
- ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
- to have attained the age of
- to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy
- pencil sharpener; CL:把[ba3]
- (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
- stupid; clumsy
- to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious
- to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
- inch (English)
- color TV
- 大方 dà fāng: 大方 da4 fang1: expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea大方 Dà fāng: 大方 Da4 fang1: see 大方縣|大方县[Da4 fang1 Xian4]大方 dà fang: 大方 da4 fang5: generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed