- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- 本事 běn shì: 本事 ben3 shi4: source material; original story本事 běn shi: 本事 ben3 shi5: ability; skill
- to recollect; to remember; memory
- department; branch; section; division; CL:個|个[ge4]
- need not
- to inquire about
- accurate to perfection (idiom); precise to the finest detail
- fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
- apart from this; in addition to this
- five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
- to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
- to receive a visitor
- to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
- microphone; (telephone) receiver; handset; megaphone; (fig.) mouthpiece; spokesperson
- to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call
- the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]; late Qing
- to surpass; better than; superior to
- to say one and mean just that (idiom); to keep one's word
- never
- to reject; to turn down; to overrule
- conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- to follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book; to comply with a request
- that kind of
- arrogant; overbearing
- domineering; bossy
- beaming; radiant with happiness
- to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully; to be put on the spot; to be embarrassed
- one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
- flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan
- margin; leeway
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on
- position; post; job
- petition (submitted to a superior)
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- to criticize; to refute
- to examine; to test; to check