- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
- wheel and axle (mechanism); axle
- maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain
- to save; to support; to help; to assist
- to be gratified
- place name; toponym
- to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- stepped fields; terracing
- to gather; to collect
- corn; maize; CL:粒[li4]
- straw
- to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant
- gentle feelings; tender sentiments
- to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
- bonfire
- concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
- North China
- 内地 Nèi dì: 内地 Nei4 di4: mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)内地 nèi dì: 内地 nei4 di4: inland; interior; hinterland
- desolate
- dense
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
- 火星 hǔo xīng: 火星 huo3 xing1: spark (from a fire)火星 Hǔo xīng: 火星 Huo3 xing1: Mars (planet)
- to put into
- bonfire; to open fire
- 周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity
- overhead; above
- whole sky
- many stars; a vast sky full of stars
- in a low voice; softly
- to leap up; (coll.) to gush out; to spurt out
- 若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]
- gossamer; hairspring
- lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc