- hoodlum; bad guy
- hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
- spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed; the damage is done; once divorced, there's no reuniting
- the eight points of the compass; all directions
- arrogant; haughty
- (hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
- 坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵坎 kǎn: 坎 kan3: pit; hole
- stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill
- to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth
- hoist; crane; elevator
- bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)
- (bound form) alligator; crocodile
- (cinema) slow motion
- tornado; waterspout; twister
- highway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
- cobra
- height (of person); length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure)
- gum; ivory bedframe
- mandible (lower jaw)
- gradual progress; to go forward one stage at a time
- to spin; to whirl around
- tusk; fang
- aftermath; repercussions; fallout
- lighthouse; CL:座[zuo4]
- underlay; foundation; pedestal
- first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
- to load
- to approve; to ratify
- to look into the distance