- grave and stern
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
- to pound; to throb
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- bottom of one's heart
- very few; very little
- tall and straight
- cotton yarn; muslin
- to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention
- to pull tight; tensioning
- collar; neckband; neckline; the place where the two ends of a collar meet
- to wake sb; to rouse
- to inform; to notify
- lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
- (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
- stagnant water; backwater
- stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- gym; gymnasium; stadium; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to coalesce; to gather together; to amass
- 奔 bèn: 奔 ben4: to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [ben1]奔 bēn: 奔 ben1: to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope
- weak; delicate
- to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations
- to push aside; to part; to brush away
- right and wrong; quarrel
- (the) very first
- fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)
- microprocessor
- to change; to alter; to modify
- sum
- statistics; to count; to add up
- to tire; tired
- to assemble (the finished product); final assembly
- succulent; juicy