- 少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
- two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- to use; to exert
- to give it your all; to go at it with all you've got; to throw your whole weight behind it; also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
- move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4]
- (literary) charming; enchanting; picturesque
- morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean; wanton
- lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene
- to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- depressed; dejected; feeling low
- under; beneath; less than
- to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise
- to amuse oneself
- couple; pair
- dumbbell (weight)
- drill; practice
- to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
- all over; from head to toe
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- (electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route
- to explain oneself; to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; declaration; confession
- to enter the venue for a meeting; to enter into an examination; to enter a stadium, arena etc
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- matchmaker
- to escort; to accompany
- (formal) to go to; to head for
- achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- (coll.) no good; of no use
- deep; profound
- to recommend (for admission to school)
- top student; outstanding student; standout performer
- nowadays; now
- wife's mother; mother-in-law
- betrothal gift
- through train (or bus)
- to be situated at; to find oneself at
- sound of snoring
- your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end
- space; site; place; sports pitch
- (idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4]
- to fix; to settle; to wangle