- to appoint a general (in theater); fig. to appoint sb for a task
- 昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- to ease (tension); to relax; to cause sth to relax; to alleviate; relaxed; easy and unhurried; leisurely; soothing; mild (slope)
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
- (bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape; (bound form) to expand; to extend
- meteorological condition; weather; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene
- agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless
- to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate
- to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection)
- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- bias; deviation
- all the people
- to be far from; to keep away from
- shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
- (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
- to hire; to recruit
- to conform to; to fit with; to be compatible with
- (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
- to talk from one's personal experience; to use oneself as an example
- to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate; to announce publicly; to promulgate
- (music) fingering; (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles; (keyboard) typing technique; (dance) hand movements; (painting) finger method
- imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
- 络 lùo: 络 luo4: net-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind; to twist; (TCM) channels in the human body络 lào: 络 lao4: small net