- alternately soaring and plunging
- up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
- high place; elevation
- gravestone; tombstone
- 埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury
- to kowtow; to kneel and worship
- quiet; to live alone
- (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off
- tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to complain; to sue; to tell
- 靡 mí: 靡 mi2: to waste (money)靡 mǐ: 靡 mi3: extravagant; go with fashion; not
- tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone
- urgent; hurried and brief; rushing
- flushed with anger (or excitement)
- 百 bǎi: 百 bai3: hundred; numerous; all kinds of百 Bǎi: 百 Bai3: surname Bai
- 贲 Bēn: 贲 Ben1: surname Ben贲 bēn: 贲 ben1: energetic贲 bì: 贲 bi4: bright
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- ferocious beast; fierce animal
- leopard; CL:頭|头[tou2]
- leopard cat; (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat)
- in a flash
- silly; stupid
- touching (emotions); lingering (illness)
- sinuous; meandering; to take a circuitous route; to toss about; vicissitudes
- response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent