- to die
- twisted; coiled; curled
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- bony (of people); craggy; rugged (of terrain); upright (of people)
- backbone
- glimmer
- illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination
- world; earth
- evil spirit; devil
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- to hold firmly, not let go
- neck; CL:個|个[ge4]
- woodcut
- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
- unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
- to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- to float up
- (idiom) huge object; colossus
- deep sea
- to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole
- platform; terrace; flat-roofed building
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to roll; to boil
- to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time)
- shore
- again; once more; re-
- the back of the human body
- to cover
- steel
- framework; skeleton
- to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight; chock full
- to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable; (economics) (of a currency or rate etc) to float