- contemporary
- tall and sturdy
- unexpected (idiom); surprising
- thick; substantial; sturdy; solid
- limestone
- old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful
- outward appearance
- to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
- from generation to generation; generation after generation
- to betray
- to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
- illumination
- to show up; present (at the scene)
- (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme
- to oppose; to be against; to object to
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck
- 徒 tú: 徒 tu2: (bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[pian4 tu2] "swindler" or 叛徒[pan4 tu2] "traitor" etc); (bound form) on foot; (bound form) bare; empty; (bound form) to no avail; in vain; (bound form) merely; just; only; (bound form) prison sentence徒 Tú: 徒 Tu2: surname Tu
- baptism (lit. or fig.)
- forerunner; predecessor; precursor; previous incarnation (Buddhism); jacket front
- cold-blood; cold-blooded (animal)
- together
- grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
- harmonica
- to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death; mourning
- to approve of; to agree with (an opinion, action etc); to endorse
- power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- should; ought to
- indignant; anger; resentment
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to take upon oneself; to assume
- position; post; job
- (of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
- charity
- riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters
- sawtooth
- see 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
- 乔 Qiáo: 乔 Qiao2: surname Qiao乔 qiáo: 乔 qiao2: tall
- Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
- to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- decisive; conclusive
- it is said; allegedly; according to reports; or so they say