- therefore
- to refuse politely
- to close a door
- to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
- ashamed of being inferior (idiom); to feel inferior to others
- signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
- to rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off
- severe; strict
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- within; less than
- honor; glory
- accidentally; to act before thinking
- to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
- holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
- to violate; to offend
- (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one); CL:把[ba3]
- 累累 léi léi: 累累 lei2 lei2: (literary) (of fruit, achievements etc) clusters of; piles of; heaps of; (literary) gaunt; haggard; wretched; Taiwan pr. [lei3 lei3]累累 lěi lěi: 累累 lei3 lei3: again and again; innumerable; repeated; riddled with; accumulated
- nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether
- mark; print; impression
- most valuable treasure; most precious asset
- equally matched; about the same
- to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
- cave; cavern
- artificial; manpower; manual work
- to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- 坛 tán: 坛 tan2: altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world坛 tán: 坛 tan2: earthen jar
- memorial tablet
- appliance; utensil; gear; equipment