- pitch-dark (idiom)
- very late at night
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- bronze statue; CL:尊[zun1],座[zuo4]
- marble
- base; pedestal; foundation
- to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- ahead; the front
- to guide; to show; to point (the way); directions; guidance; guidelines
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible
- instep (upper surface of the foot)
- strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- already; since; both... (and...)
- central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
- though; although
- research institute; graduate studies; graduate school; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]
- everywhere; anywhere
- to see
- extremely
- to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
- to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
- a little
- to forget
- to signify; to mean; to imply
- to betray
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- to found; to create
- to become; to turn into
- to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood); a statue created through such a process
- to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
- to bomb
- to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice)
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- to blow up; to destroy with explosives
- inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting