- light (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful
- to stop; to resist; to obstruct
- to open up; to spread; to extend
- esophagus; gullet; (old) the proper way to eat; (old) food transportation route
- tranquil; undisturbed; serene
- (card games) trump card; (fig.) ace; star player; top performer; best asset; secret weapon
- to be loyal to
- will; willpower; determination
- to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
- to be frightened; fear; dread
- to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
- resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly
- (idiom) from bottom to top; from the grass roots up; bottom-up
- light beam; light pillar (atmospheric optics)
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- crack; shooting sound; gunshot
- head; skull
- to rupture; to burst; to explode
- blood plasma
- to splash
- to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle
- facing death; at death's door
- during; at the time of
- with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)
- to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- 勒 lēi: 勒 lei1: to strap tightly; to bind勒 lè: 勒 le4: (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1])
- strength; power; efficacy
- in an instant
- to snap sth off; to break
- vertebra; backbone
- in order; in succession
- spinal column; columna vertebralis
- twice as much; double the amount
- speed of sound
- hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 扛 káng: 扛 kang2: to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)扛 gāng: 扛 gang1: to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together
- pottery and porcelain; ceramics
- to split open; to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open)
- expressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face)
- twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
- to twitch