- thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive
- somewhat; a bit
- 搂 lōu: 搂 lou1: to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort搂 lǒu: 搂 lou3: to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms
- bandwidth
- reason; grounds; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (literary) to go forward
- unknown
- to gather; to collect
- to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
- 毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- 阴 Yīn: 阴 Yin1: surname Yin阴 yīn: 阴 yin1: overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia
- see 長陽土家族自治縣|长阳土家族自治县[Chang2 yang2 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire
- a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle
- to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance
- see 事到如今[shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1]
- lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
- to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
- to take root
- (of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
- to grow up
- (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- advantageous; favorable
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- please help achieve something (formal)
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- homesickness; nostalgia
- to remember one's parents; to feel homesick for one's relatives
- to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
- cold (climate); frigid; very cold
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure