- (idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
- to use; to exert
- to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
- 俟 qí: 俟 qi2: used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]俟 sì: 俟 si4: (literary) to wait for
- crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift
- deliberately; on purpose
- to tantalize; to lead on; to tease
- late (with a task etc); slow
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- worn next to the skin; close-fitting; personal (servant etc)
- 差 chà: 差 cha4: different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]差 chāi: 差 chai1: to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post差 cī: 差 ci1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]差 chā: 差 cha1: difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
- male fellow disciples; fellow apprentices
- to differ
- a hair; the slightest
- wear and tear; wearing out by friction
- to bear the brunt
- dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils
- to dash (run fast); to rush; to dart
- war situation
- to escape; to disappear
- to form; to make up; to constitute
- handle of the Big Dipper
- to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
- North Star; Polaris
- healing; to heal; to make healthy again
- next; later; after that
- constellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology; motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
- Dubhe; Alpha Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet