- (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- the walls have ears (idiom)
- roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
- to walk on tiptoe; to step on sb's foot; to join (a trade, profession etc); to associate with (a certain group of people)
- outsider; foreigner; stranger
- secret; hidden
- lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); fig. the truth comes to light
- to wave; to beckon
- starlight
- to see clearly
- to get lost; to lose one's bearings
- manor; feudal land; villa and park
- to set up; to establish; facilities; (government) agency; authority
- 监 jiān: 监 jian1: to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison监 jiàn: 监 jian4: (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
- to devour; to bite
- to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
- I Ching; Book of Changes
- to speak; to say
- prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)
- to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
- prison
- elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- thunder and lightning
- former sovereigns
- to research carefully; to study intensively
- to explain
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- to build; to construct
- perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind)
- yin and yang
- yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
- to invert
- marvelous; mysterious; profound; marvel; wonder
- 禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure
- 乾 Qián: 乾 Qian2: surname Qian乾 qián: 乾 qian2: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)乾 Gān: 乾 Gan1: surname Gan乾 gān: 乾 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
- 兑 dùi: 兑 dui4: to cash; to exchange; to add (liquid); to blend; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp; ☱兑 Dùi: 兑 Dui4: surname Dui
- shoe; to tread on