- full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom); sly; crafty; malicious
- to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload
- port (side of a ship)
- iron hoop
- to bet; to make a bet; a wager
- to handle (affairs); to work
- writing brush and ink stone
- great scholar respected for learning and integrity
- shady business
- to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom); to labor under a delusion; wishful thinking
- unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone
- what one acquires; one's gains
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
- transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
- to keep an appointment; to keep one's word
- to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose
- (dialect) to keep thinking about (sth); to have (sth) on one's mind
- to watch from a height or distance; to keep a lookout
- when the moment comes; at that time
- lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom); fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy; to hit sb when he's down
- to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere; unflagging efforts
- can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
- to eat one's fill; to be full
- to lie down; to die
- afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]; p.m.
- eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded
- (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct