- to forge; to discipline; wrought
- sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay; to understate
- situation; existing state of affairs
- to indicate; to point out
- hunting
- to get involved in; to meddle; interference
- fleeting (of quick passage time); in a flash; distracted manner; vacantly; frustratedly
- to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- taste
- how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- should; to deserve
- muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage
- to obstruct; to stop up
- to be harmful to one's health
- (for) a lifetime
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- to bind
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
- (literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
- annealed; pliable but strong; tough; tenacious
- side; side-room; room in the wings
- sheep's head; fig. advertisement for good meat
- (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
- to be out of (political) office; to be out of power
- as an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty
- due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go against (expectations)
- (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected