- hiding place; hideout; shelter
- to dare to; to be brave enough to
- to prostitute oneself; to sell oneself into slavery
- to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- fun; pleasure; laughing matter
- to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc
- to spend (time, money); to waste
- harsh; severe; demanding
- to investigate; to survey; to collate
- to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
- 大关 Dà guān: 大关 Da4 guan1: see 大關縣|大关县[Da4 guan1 Xian4]大关 dà guān: 大关 da4 guan1: strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000); instrument of torture used to break limbs
- sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- yokozuna
- lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful; a mighty figure no-one dares approach; hot (exciting or in favor)
- to get engaged
- (sports) member of the national team; national representative; (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country
- timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
- to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive
- worshipper
- original; former
- strict; stringent; tight; rigorous
- to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
- to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
- immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
- very fierce
- to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- to earn a living by performing (typically in informal or public settings)
- deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
- 陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- to stop; to halt
- shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
- clinic
- gunshot wound
- to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal