- to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- to regret; to feel remorse
- cavalier; offhand; reckless
- politician
- courage; nerve; guts
- to carry a gun
- to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
- to agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise
- to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade
- 夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
- 千 qiān: 千 qian1: thousand千 qiān: 千 qian1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- peacemaker; mediator; (derog.) fixer
- to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
- successor
- 丁 Dīng: 丁 Ding1: surname Ding丁 dīng: 丁 ding1: male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl丁 zhēng: 丁 zheng1: used in 丁丁[zheng1 zheng1]
- fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
- to incite trouble; to stir up havoc
- to show off; to make a display of
- though; although
- to be warlike; to be belligerent
- often; frequently
- to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc); to dance on one's feet; hopping mad (anxious, etc)
- to quarrel; dispute
- to hurl abuse; to deride; to call sb names
- time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble
- bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things
- unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling
- draft (legislation, proposal etc)
- to get really angry
- to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force
- to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic
- to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations
- to draw up (a plan)
- deferential; respectful
- high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm
- dispute; controversy; conflict
- 伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi
- awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche
- lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple