- to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
- to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
- replacement guaranteed if not genuine; fig. authentic
- mind
- IQ (intelligence quotient)
- lit. to hang upside down; fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods); to borrow more than one can ever repay
- to have; to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc)
- cards in one's hand; (fig.) undisclosed strength or information; hidden trump
- catastrophic
- (usu. pejorative) conduct; behavior; act; path; trail
- to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- 禅 shàn: 禅 shan4: to abdicate禅 chán: 禅 chan2: dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- to write
- Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
- life or death
- calm; undisturbed
- to stop; to obstruct
- to stroll; to go for a walk
- dosage; prescribed dose of medicine
- so as to; for the purpose of; in order to
- to accept tacitly; acquiescence
- great changes
- red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
- to stroll
- worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world
- human warmth; friendliness; human touch
- 束 shù: 束 shu4: to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control束 Shù: 束 Shu4: surname Shu
- can't say for sure; maybe
- an old saying
- lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom); fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
- adopted son; foster son
- foster father; adoptive father