- to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
- vast
- desert; CL:個|个[ge4]
- oasis
- 伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- 甸 Diàn: 甸 Dian4: surname Dian甸 diàn: 甸 dian4: suburbs or outskirts; one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China; official in charge of fields (old)
- to test; to detect
- specific to a particular stage (of a project etc); interim (policy etc); occurring in stages; phased
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- severed limb
- to pass away; to die
- a doubtful point
- slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
- disease; sickness; ailment
- voluntary
- to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- disease; illness
- to donate; to contribute
- remains (of a dead person)
- brows
- a little bit; slightly
- to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- to permute; permutation (math.); to displace; displacement; to replace; replacement
- top of the head
- fuzz; fine fur (of marten etc)
- to seem; to look; to appear
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- very lucky indeed
- absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
- (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
- 跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- should; ought to
- underground; subterranean; covert
- tight; strict; closely controlled; rigorous and thorough
- scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges