- year after year; with each passing year; over the years
- to rotate; to take turns
- biased; partial
- 本色 běn shǎi: 本色 ben3 shai3: natural color本色 běn sè: 本色 ben3 se4: inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities
- to allay one's hunger
- to rely heavily upon
- to worry; anxiety (about)
- most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
- (great) majority
- various; many different kinds of
- prestige
- to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move
- paying special care; with particular attention
- to attempt; to try; attempt; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry
- perceptive; alert; clever; shrewd
- (idiom) to avoid mentioning
- to vow; to pledge
- to submit; to give in
- clothes
- exquisite; elegant; fine
- partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
- lit. red-bellied devotion (idiom); wholehearted loyalty; to serve sb with body and soul
- to assist; to complement; auxiliary
- to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate
- foundation; base; family estate
- to deal with (an offender)
- to be of one mind; to work as one
- to assist (usually a ruler)
- phlegm; spittle
- saliva
- to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
- to uncover
- to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- an elder; a senior
- to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- etiquette
- to realize only then