- (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- brief note
- 正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)
- vegetation; plants
- luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
- damp; clammy; dripping wet
- a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
- 爿 qiáng: 爿 qiang2: "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]爿 pán: 爿 pan2: classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc; slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
- to kindle; to light a fire
- to shine; to illuminate
- numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
- to refine; to smelt
- to eradicate; to extinguish
- effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea; elixir
- most valuable treasure; most precious asset
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- not valid; ineffective; in vain
- flying in pairs; close union as husband and wife; round-trip flight; (slang) threesome
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- residence; dwelling
- valley; ravine
- echo
- lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
- to have tea and refreshments; to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese)
- celadon (pottery)
- hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent
- blood flow
- to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood)
- to pry open; to lever open
- blood; bloody fluid; blood-tinged liquid
- to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)
- (a person's) constitution; underlying physical condition; physical makeup; (of an organization, society etc) structural soundness
- robust; healthy; sturdy
- to bring back to life
- to demand sb's life