- wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
- to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous
- to listen; to hear what sb says; news one has heard
- gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances
- acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense
- slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
- dregs of society; scum
- to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
- to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
- (idiom) barren; devoid of vegetation
- enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
- alliance
- to attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance
- to seize (the strategic high ground)
- to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint
- to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment
- to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
- mayor
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to eat till full; satisfied
- to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of
- debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- monkey; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- to shield; to harbor; to cover up
- to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior
- in charge of; to control
- to shout
- hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- skein; tuft; lock
- to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
- to give sb a meaningful look
- to drag away
- to go on an official or business trip
- lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes; to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
- 暂 zàn: 暂 zan4: temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhan4]暂 zàn: 暂 zan4: to scurry