- to confuse; to befuddle
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)
- to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
- on the one hand
- to meet again
- narrow; narrow-minded
- to have a style of one's own
- worthless; good-for-nothing
- (suffix) very; extremely
- to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily
- rather die than submit (idiom)
- to submit; to give in
- to believe firmly
- universally shocking; to offend the whole of society
- to vow
- to indicate; to point out
- fabricated
- to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose
- error; mistaken idea; falsehood
- to benefit (e.g. the people)
- grand event; magnificent undertaking
- to boast; to shoot one's mouth off
- cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk
- fault
- clumsy; botched
- style of writing (literary style); way of writing a character; spelling
- to seek an answer; to look for an explanation; to explain; explanation
- simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
- far-reaching; profound and long-lasting
- intelligence and ability
- penetrating; thorough; incisive
- to enjoin; to implore; to urge
- the greater part; the majority; most
- to change; to alter; to transform
- to appear suddenly; projection; bit sticking out
- to make sth difficult; to create obstacles
- rich; sumptuous
- 戌 xū: 戌 xu1: 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog; ancient Chinese compass point: 300°戌 qu: 戌 qu5: used in 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 r5]
- 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)