- (onom.) slam
- all sides
- power; force; strength
- to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces
- pitch-black
- don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- to discuss; to have a chat
- 刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
- slender; lanky; tall and thin
- Japan
- scabbard; sheath
- 镡 Tán: 镡 Tan2: surname Tan镡 xín: 镡 xin2: guard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle); dagger; Taiwan pr. [tan2]
- reverent
- knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual
- 书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- poor; impoverished
- vagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
- to respect a deity; to pray to a God
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- 神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- to be used for
- to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- useless; worthless
- to investigate; to check and research; exquisite
- to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
- shark
- to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- handicraft article; handiwork; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua
- edge of blade
- clear; limpid
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- 废 fèi: 废 fei4: to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste废 fèi: 废 fei4: disabled
- 柴 chái: 柴 chai2: firewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)柴 Chái: 柴 Chai2: surname Chai
- at this very moment
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful