- 刨 páo: 刨 pao2: to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract刨 bào: 刨 bao4: carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
- hot summer; scorching summer
- cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing
- entrance; to import
- to seep; to percolate
- here; this place
- to have a heart-to-heart chat
- to be born with; to be gifted with
- to bear; to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy)
- carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
- novel; new; exotic
- to covet; envious
- splendid; magnificent; abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2 hang2], China Everbright Bank
- hostility; animosity
- subtle; shrewd; sophisticated
- 墨 mò: 墨 mo4: ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead墨 Mò: 墨 Mo4: surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- slowly; gently
- to raise; to hoist; to rise
- scroll (book or painting)
- to retrieve
- to make a copy of
- (bound form) to imitate; to copy
- to damage; to injure
- to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility
- tactful; diplomatic; mild and indirect
- 辟 pì: 辟 pi4: penal law辟 bì: 辟 bi4: (literary) king; monarch; (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service辟 pì: 辟 pi4: to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; (bound form) penetrating; incisive
- brother's daughter; niece
- to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple
- unrivaled (idiom); world number one; unique; unequaled
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day