- 挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
- sharp blade
- steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
- excellent quality
- equal to; having the same social class or status
- thick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber); coarseness; quality of work
- steel reinforcing bar
- midnight; to order à la carte; (math.) zero of a function
- 辛 xīn: 辛 xin1: (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa辛 Xīn: 辛 Xin1: surname Xin
- assassin
- expert; professional
- to defeat; to smash; to rout
- to take advantage; to seize an opportunity; in passing; without taking extra trouble; conveniently
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- to hide; to conceal
- to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]
- cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
- 镡 Tán: 镡 Tan2: surname Tan镡 xín: 镡 xin2: guard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle); dagger; Taiwan pr. [tan2]
- part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
- to edge a knife, scissor, sword etc
- milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle
- skill
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- to remove; to take away
- to shoot; to fire (a gun)
- hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets
- to go hunting
- cylinder (engine)
- fuel oil
- to leak (usually secret information)
- to be alarmed; to be frightened
- cab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse
- to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in
- war situation
- energy
- swordsman; swordswoman