- to flatten; to smooth down; to unwrinkle; (fig.) to soothe (emotional wounds); to heal (scars)
- to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
- to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain
- generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
- to compensate; to make up; to complement; to add
- to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- to punish; to penalize; to fine
- to humiliate; humiliating
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- disappointed; frustrated
- to wield (political etc) power; be in power
- unwilling to remain lonely or idle; unwilling to be left out
- to conspire
- (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
- (idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly
- formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")
- brother's daughter; niece
- relation by marriage; in-laws
- to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
- (fig.) opening shot
- expert; specialist
- freedom of the press
- wharf; dock; quay; pier
- see 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
- mint; CL:座[zuo4]
- to follow your orders; to do as you bid
- (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness
- to invite; to issue an invitation
- habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:處|处[chu4]
- (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
- location; site
- daughter-in-law
- husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch
- the younger generation; those who come after
- to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc)
- general; military leader; fierce man
- refined in manner; gentle
- scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous
- bearing; manner; presence
- daughter-in-law
- to be purely; pure and simple; sheer; outright
- to worry unnecessarily
- person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character