- to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- cannot; must not; should not
- to draw support from; with the help of
- 尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- compass (drafting)
- to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])
- wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- lamination; layering; stratification; delamination
- mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]
- to fly
- to sigh; to exclaim
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- cylinder (geometry)
- with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
- Florence, Italy
- painter; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 俄 é: 俄 E2: Russia; Russian; abbr. for 俄羅斯|俄罗斯[E2 luo2 si1]; Taiwan pr. [E4]俄 é: 俄 e2: suddenly; very soon
- called; named
- to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)
- (chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- each; every
- middle-school student; high school student
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
- wooden bench or stool; CL:張|张[zhang1],條|条[tiao2]
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- Washington (name); George Washington (1732-1799), first US president; Washington, US State; Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
- equally famous
- to sigh
- to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational
- what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about?
- to be in the same class; to be in the same squad; classmate
- as if; to seem like
- sketch
- base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- 过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- tortoise; cuckold