- to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
- orthodox school; fig. traditional; old school; authentic; genuine
- dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
- to pit oneself against sb; to compete with sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose
- to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone
- to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air
- secure in the knowledge that one has backing
- (literary) to treat with disrespect
- if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
- much obliged; thank you; to ask advice; (ironically or humorously) to experience; to taste
- wise move; masterstroke; bright ideas
- teardrop; tear
- to block; to obstruct
- courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive
- to raise one's head; to perk up
- stride; to step (on the spot); to mark time; at a standstill
- dead tree
- honorific title for a Buddhist monk
- (Buddhism) arhat (abbr. for 阿羅漢|阿罗汉[a1 luo2 han4])
- to advance prematurely
- to take up a challenge; to face an attack and meet it
- progressively; step by step
- on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- to advance by leaps and bounds
- handed down in a direct line from the founder
- to take precedence
- 毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- to lure away; to divert
- 把手 bǎ shou: 把手 ba3 shou5: handle; grip; knob把手 bǎ shǒu: 把手 ba3 shou3: to shake hands
- crook of the arm
- 刷 shuā: 刷 shua1: a brush; to paint; to daub; to brush; to scrub; (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job); (onom.) swish; rustle; to swipe (a card); to scroll on (a phone); (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)刷 shuà: 刷 shua4: to select
- 尾 yǐ: 尾 yi3: horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc尾 wěi: 尾 wei3: tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish