- hunting knife
- sawtooth
- words; expression; what one says
- 涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
- steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
- to extend (a deadline etc)
- foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
- (military) mercenary; (sports) player hired from another country
- thanks to; luckily
- to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
- (literary) underage male servant
- (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
- to make tea
- coral
- ornament; ornamentation
- necklace; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- disciple; follower of a religion
- Xicheng, a district of central Beijing
- to study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts
- active supporter; political activist
- choir
- to lead a chorus; choirmaster; leading singer
- to bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in
- long-married couple
- teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to work; to be employed
- enraged; furious; livid
- to follow good examples
- to be clueless; to have no plan
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- to dispatch an army; to send troops
- to serve as; to act as; to play the role of
- from beginning to end; in its entirety; in accord with fact; literal
- suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
- lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions); to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
- role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
- the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous
- second brother
- counter for the display of goods; (Tw) container (for freight transport)