- to dictate; to recount orally
- to awe; to intimidate
- rectangle
- dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- column; file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4]); PLA army corps (1946–1949)
- the rear; far behind the front line
- to inspect; to review (troops etc); military review
- side of a ship or an aircraft
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- to break up (a marriage, family etc)
- advantageous; favorable
- to compress; compression
- toward; to face; to open onto; to turn towards; orientation; exposure; Qibla (Islam)
- to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
- negative value (math.)
- 烟丝 yān sī: 烟丝 yan1 si1: loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco; (literary) wisp of smoke; thin strand of smoke烟丝 yān sī: 烟丝 yan1 si1: loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco
- Peking University
- to hold a teaching position
- zero distance; face-to-face
- (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
- extremely; awfully
- to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
- to substitute for; to replace; to supersede
- senior; highly experienced; veteran
- mercury; quicksilver
- perfectly round; (fig.) accommodating; considerate; smooth (way of doing things)
- flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
- water drop; dripping water
- silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- aesthetics
- drop of liquid; droplet
- vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life; realistic
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]