- recite; chant
- to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
- capital letters; uppercase letters; block letters; banker's anti-fraud numerals
- loftily; proudly; unyieldingly
- lit. walking alone; prominent; unrivalled; outstanding
- eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved
- (idiom) to wail; to bawl
- 乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue
- (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
- if it were not for; but for
- every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
- so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy
- this life; to lose face; to be disgraced
- not necessarily; not likely
- state of mind
- (idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
- to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)
- inside
- hara-kiri
- gladiator
- to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
- hydroelectric power
- Saturn (planet)
- Cygnus (constellation)
- boundless; vast
- 抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe
- 梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei
- to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
- to turn over; to transform
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- physical capability; stamina
- separated by (distance or time etc)