- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- to ask for; to request; to demand
- therefore
- blank space
- spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- (cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge
- rare treasure (idiom)
- to compare
- of little value
- clever; wonderful
- to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point
- to agree implicitly; of one mind; views coincide without a word exchanged
- to urge on a horse by patting its bottom; fig. to encourage; same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady
- (honorific) to greet; to fawn
- skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- top quality; front ranking
- tributary (stream); (fig.) school (of thought); genre; style
- always (previously)
- what kind?; what sort?
- overall; comprehensive
- to duplicate; to make a copy of; to copy; to reproduce; to clone
- art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
- all day long; whole day
- to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom
- to instigate; to incite; to urge; to encourage
- every kind of; all kinds of; various
- detailed; comprehensive
- to offer advice; to make a suggestion
- to place in; to put in (a position)
- boots
- tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- to match; to tally
- close; similar to
- to present respectfully
- to scratch; to thwart; to yield
- to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- hut; small temple; nunnery
- to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- silent; speechless
- item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts); sketch
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])