- young and vigorous (idiom)
- hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom); inextricably involved; locked in battle
- (bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal); (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric"); overall context
- more or less; roughly; approximately
- to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
- to expend a great deal of effort
- to break; to destroy; to devastate; to ravage; to repress
- a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration; to be struck by a brainwave
- eastern bean goose; great; large
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality
- to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- to fight lustily
- request granted (formal usage in old document); to aim (gun)
- lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts.
- 说法 shūo fa: 说法 shuo1 fa5: way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation说法 shūo fǎ: 说法 shuo1 fa3: to expound Buddhist teachings
- to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring
- to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
- to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk
- to press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger); to keep down (voice)
- to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!
- beam; rafter; lintel; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
- joint (of the skeleton)
- especially
- (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking