- to retain a portion (of profits etc)
- watchman's clapper; wooden clappers with bars of unequal length; abbr. for 梆子腔[bang1 zi5 qiang1]
- to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
- lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong
- to work extra hours; to do overtime
- bad friend
- to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking
- lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
- to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person
- in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas
- vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
- luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck
- to quarrel; dispute
- see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4]
- high trestle bridge; viaduct; flyover
- sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
- unmarried; single; alone
- to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
- (idiom) to chatter endlessly; to talk nonstop
- gloomy; depressed
- capacity for liquor; how much one can drink
- immensely pleased with oneself (idiom); proud; complacent
- 怀 Huái: 怀 Huai2: surname Huai怀 huái: 怀 huai2: bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)
- 后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a women's competition后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: back seat; pillion
- to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by
- nostril; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
- talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly
- to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- detailed; in detail; minute
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- car; automobile; bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]
- 扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate