- needle used in embroidery or sewing; acupuncture needle; orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- midway
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
- many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength; There is safety in numbers.
- (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
- Imperial bodyguard
- lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- extensive
- Qimen Dunjia, an ancient system of occult arts used for divination and strategic planning
- unpredictable; changeable
- terrain; topography relief
- any; whatever; whichever
- one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
- poisonous substance; poison
- frog; toad
- frog; the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
- time; era; period of time
- heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions
- to show off; to make a display of
- (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
- fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
- frivolous; coquettish
- to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant
- to gather; to collect
- most; mostly; most likely
- to conspire
- to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- not in such a way as to; not likely to
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- 围 Wéi: 围 Wei2: surname Wei围 wéi: 围 wei2: to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- to take to one's heels; to scram
- considered to be; at last