- candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- made of silver
- both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
- downcast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- priest
- to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards
- from age to age
- instrumental performer
- all speaking together; in chorus
- (loanword) amen
- to pray; to say a prayer
- to take pity on; pity; mercy
- to read out; to recite; to remember sb (while talking about sth else)
- testimony
- (of fruit) fully ripe; overripe; (of food) cooked until very soft; to know thoroughly; to be thoroughly familiar with
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- oath; pledge
- ring finger
- friends and family; kith and kin
- saucer; small dish; CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- made of silver
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- warm; to warm
- from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
- twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
- absurd; ridiculous
- watchman
- as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
- cavity; empty; vacuous
- galvanized iron sheet (for building construction)
- guests; visitors
- hard to take; embarrassed
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- torch; CL:把[ba3]
- 钟楼 zhōng lóu: 钟楼 zhong1 lou2: bell tower; campanile; clock tower; Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc钟楼 Zhōng lóu: 钟楼 Zhong1 lou2: see 鐘樓區|钟楼区[Zhong1 lou2 Qu1]
- to pour (concrete etc)
- cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
- puppet; figure