- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- popular feeling; the will of the people
- (TCM) set prescription (i.e. medicine specifically prescribed for a definite condition)
- to go on a mental journey
- stable; steady; firm; to stabilize
- for all eternity; throughout all ages; eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
- (idiom) there will be no end of trouble in the future
- fast; high-speed; rapid
- 局 jú: 局 ju2: narrow局 jú: 局 ju2: office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc局 jú: 局 ju2: cramped; narrow
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
- to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
- half the day; a long time; quite a while
- useful
- all the year round
- insane; mad; wild
- obsessed; bewitched; enchanted; as if possessed
- to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated
- (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
- (computing) to double-click
- skillful; proficient
- donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap
- spoonful
- chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
- salty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)
- fragrance; bouquet; sweet smell; CL:股[gu3]
- specially; for a special purpose
- unusual condition; something odd; strange shape
- steamed bun