- prescription drug
- short-term
- to take medicine
- outside the body; in vitro
- to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)
- back of the head
- part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
- neck
- tentacle
- to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4]
- 厦 Xià: 厦 Xia4: abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian厦 shà: 厦 sha4: (bound form) tall building; mansion; (bound form) rear annex; lean-to; Taiwan pr. [xia4]
- to poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
- to exert oneself physically
- to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
- clever; quick-witted
- vacuum cleaner; dust catcher
- on end; in a row; in succession
- to do something stupid; to pretend not to know; to stare blankly
- to solve a criminal case
- bailiff responsible for catching criminals (in imperial China)
- (bound form) house; (bound form) room
- to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness
- senior; older generation; precursor
- (haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
- firewall
- to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- to request earnestly
- to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade