- to exert oneself physically
- whetstone; (lit. and fig.) to hone; to sharpen; to encourage
- (idiom) even-handed; impartial; unbiased
- 转 zhuǎn: 转 zhuan3: to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)转 zhuàn: 转 zhuan4: to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions转 zhuǎi: 转 zhuai3: see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- to win power; to get authority; to become dominant
- big and strong; formidable; powerful
- bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit
- even if; even though
- same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- movement; motion; action; to act; to move
- out of shape; to lose shape; to deform
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- feelings change with circumstances (idiom)
- to refine; to smelt
- yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- 万 mò: 万 mo4: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]万 Wàn: 万 Wan4: surname Wan万 wàn: 万 wan4: ten thousand; a great number
- (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- great; grand
- (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous
- psychology; mentality
- archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures); atlas; collection of illustrations or sheet music
- accurate; precise
- to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
- truth; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fight; to engage in combat; struggle; battle; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- to fight; fight; war; battle
- heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
- to expose to strong sunlight
- 体 tǐ: 体 ti3: body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)体 tī: 体 ti1: used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]
- to illuminate; to light up; lighting
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); fig. emotions
- to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract