- appearing and disappearing (idiom); intermittently visible
- to tear to shreds
- to take in and send out (in large quantities)
- ground meat; mincemeat
- tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- auspicious and peaceful
- sea anemone
- (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky); (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)
- to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
- to restrict; condition
- secretion
- alienation (philosophy); (of speech) dissimilation
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- known; what one knows
- with one's own eyes; personally
- to nourish
- to reprimand; to rebuke; to berate; stern criticism
- warhorse
- to hang up (a phone)
- center of circle
- to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
- east, south, west and north; all directions
- four of a kind; quads (poker)
- thoroughfare; passage; pathway; channel
- to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)
- to quench; to temper; to harden by quenching
- to boil
- to boil; to vaporize
- boiling point
- to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
- to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)
- numerical value
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things
- to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal
- suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly; precipitously; stumbling
- bad luck; unlucky
- to defeat; to beat
- to die in battle
- propeller
- (of a naval vessel) to cruise; to patrol; (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
- (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4]
- earth; mother earth