- 拧 nìng: 拧 ning4: stubborn拧 níng: 拧 ning2: to pinch; wring拧 nǐng: 拧 ning3: mistake; to twist
- spirit; fairy; elf; sprite; genie
- (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
- to have a look
- barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
- urchin
- to strut; swaggering
- to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出鋒頭|出锋头[chu1 feng1 tou5]
- desert; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 弹子 tán zi: 弹子 tan2 zi5: towrope弹子 dàn zi: 弹子 dan4 zi5: slingshot pellet; playing marbles; billiards; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- have plenty of; there's no lack of
- 空地 kòng dì: 空地 kong4 di4: vacant land; open space空地 kōng dì: 空地 kong1 di4: air-to-surface (missile)
- footwork
- to snap one's fingers; (fig.) in a flash; in an instant
- toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
- see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
- a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
- ending; coda; to wind up
- person; figure; public figure
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan
- potential; latent capacity
- to crush; to smash; to shatter
- in perfect condition; without any defect
- sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces
- really; indeed
- cannot be done; not feasible; impossible to accomplish
- (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
- Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- see 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4]; see 荊州區|荆州区[Jing1 zhou1 Qu1]
- (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge