- can't help (doing sth)
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- to duel; a duel; decisive struggle
- calm; undisturbed
- to relieve boredom or melancholy; a diversion
- corridor; passageway (in storied building)
- floor; floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
- unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
- to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 谈 Tán: 谈 Tan2: surname Tan谈 tán: 谈 tan2: to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- unmanned; uninhabited
- to guard
- back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor
- to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate
- the scene of a fire
- moisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding
- to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
- (body) temperature
- physique; build
- 尽可能 jǐn kě néng: 尽可能 jin3 ke3 neng2: as far as possible; to the best of one's ability尽可能 jìn kě néng: 尽可能 jin4 ke3 neng2: see 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- to act with urgency; to buy time
- to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
- to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- awful weather
- overcast and rainy
- interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- to burn to death
- trap; snare; trick
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- local; this locality
- to be good at; to be adept at
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- cards in one's hand; (fig.) undisclosed strength or information; hidden trump
- in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
- face powder; chalk powder; heroin
- fortunately (formal writing)
- to rise; to fly upward
- barrel; vat