- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- to wipe clean; to scrub; (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
- to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- to summon one's courage
- the throat
- to burst out; to appear unexpectedly; to break (media story)
- to discuss in whispered tones; whispered conversation
- vast (of ocean); boundless
- antiquity; ancient times
- to envelop; to shroud
- to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb; CL:股[gu3]
- to return (to)
- stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill
- slow; unhurried; sluggish
- to overflow; to spill over; (computing) overflow
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)
- to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
- 燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- to turn back
- to get; to obtain
- to counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
- domain; sphere; field; territory; area
- expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
- to roam all over the place; to go into every nook and corner; to infiltrate; (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run; to flee and try to hide
- 刺 cī: 刺 ci1: (onom.) whoosh刺 cì: 刺 ci4: thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder
- to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- 支 Zhī: 支 Zhi1: surname Zhi支 zhī: 支 zhi1: to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- to hit (a target)
- target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]