- living spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic
- rival; competitor
- tired of; fed up with; sick of; (of a person) to annoy; to be tiresome
- shield; pretext; excuse
- 拗 nìu: 拗 niu4: stubborn; perverse; contrary拗 ǎo: 拗 ao3: (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)拗 ào: 拗 ao4: (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
- to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
- swift and fierce; fierce; forceful
- remarkably alike
- to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- in one's prime
- head and face filthy with grime (idiom); covered in dirt; dejected and depressed
- sumptuous meal; banquet
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- 蓉 Róng: 蓉 Rong2: short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]蓉 róng: 蓉 rong2: paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
- (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
- to be a newcomer; just off the boat
- scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative; disdain; contempt
- electric light; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- tumble; somersault
- (onom.) clang; clank of metal; sound of striking a gong
- spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals)
- to twist and sway (one's body)
- lay (as opposed to clergy); ordinary; commonplace
- to trip; to stumble; to hinder
- 散落 sǎn lùo: 散落 san3 luo4: to lie scattered (over an area); Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]散落 sàn lùo: 散落 san4 luo4: to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle
- to pick up; to collect; to gather
- mirror; lens
- to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
- to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news
- to spurt; to spray; to jet; spurt; spray; jet
- to whinny (of a horse); to neigh; to shout
- to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind