- flame; blaze
- to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
- raging flames
- to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- sea wave
- to charge into
- cavalry
- vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up
- to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
- (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- still; as before; yet
- museum piece; collector's item; precious object
- to touch; to contact; access; in touch with
- certainty; without a doubt
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- 白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- throne
- corps; legion
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xi1])
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze
- ocean
- doubts and suspicions; a maze of doubts; puzzle; mystery
- lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); fig. the truth comes to light
- alive
- to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
- arm strength
- jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)
- equipment; to equip; to outfit
- high tide; rising tide
- power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things