- to agree on three laws (idiom); three-point covenant; (fig.) preliminary agreement; basic rules
- to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
- to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration
- to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it
- to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages)
- brother's son; nephew
- worse than a dog or pig; lower than low
- pah!; bah!; pooh!; to spit (in contempt)
- to be limited to; to be confined to
- wait and see (who is right)
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- really isn't
- branches and knots; fig. side issue; minor peripheral problem
- don't think (that); don't imagine (that)
- babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
- unexpectedly; suddenly; at unawares; off guard; against expectations
- termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- to injure sb
- light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted
- (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open
- to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word
- to compel; to force
- to plot against
- to meet again; to be reunited; reunion
- 炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]
- wicked beyond redemption (idiom); heinous
- absurd; ridiculous
- irrational; unreasonable
- 言语 yán yu: 言语 yan2 yu5: to speak; to tell言语 yán yǔ: 言语 yan2 yu3: words; speech; (spoken) language
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- obstinate, perverse
- all; each and every; in all cases
- to comply with; to obey