- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- alone; by oneself; on one's own
- to tie up; to bind; to tether; bondage (BDSM)
- in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased
- discourse; words; utterance; what one says; manner of speech
- congenial; agreeable; to speculate; to profiteer
- abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3], Chinese Communist Party
- 周至 zhōu zhì: 周至 zhou1 zhi4: see 周到[zhou1 dao4]周至 Zhōu zhì: 周至 Zhou1 zhi4: see 周至縣|周至县[Zhou1 zhi4 Xian4]
- to alternate; to take turns
- courtyard; garden; yard; patio; CL:個|个[ge4]; (old) servant
- to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes
- good horse
- violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death
- reason; cause
- to put together; to add; to merge
- to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct
- too bad; unfortunately; as luck would have it
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- extraordinarily brave; heroic
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- to introduce into; to channel; to lead; to guide into; to import (data)
- timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay
- to die; to lose one's life
- (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- (old) foreign land; alien nation
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- to settle a marriage; betrothal
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- to restrain; to restrict; to keep down; or
- to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)
- to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
- inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- wholeheartedness; sincerity
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- true motive; true feelings
- at a loss (idiom)
- to propose marriage
- to deceive; to dupe; falsehood; lie; (dialect) to amuse
- to stay together; to rely on one another