- (idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed
- conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
- big shot; top gun; superstar; VIP
- Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
- (old) police station in a foreign concession 租界[zu1 jie4]
- to thumb a lift; to hitchhike
- map; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
- to arrest
- (law) to get sb to bail one out (from jail)
- to detain; to take into custody; detention; imprisonment
- (PRC law) residential surveillance; to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
- to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- to tour; to travel
- to rescue
- crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom); bag of tricks; useful talents
- to close a door
- to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
- to filter
- (idiom) too many to count; innumerable
- English (language)
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- rich and powerful
- bias; deviation
- rare commodity worth hoarding; object for profiteering
- to be situated at; to find oneself at
- 趟 tāng: 趟 tang1: to wade; to trample; to turn the soil趟 tàng: 趟 tang4: classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
- Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])
- to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- banquet; dinner party; soiree
- Europe and America; the West