- for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized
- in disorder; deranged (mentally)
- to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- in midair; in the air
- to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
- to mend
- simple and honest; unsophisticated; (music etc) deep and resounding
- to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
- various sages; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
- slave
- 溃 hùi: 溃 hui4: used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2]; Taiwan pr. [kui4]溃 kùi: 溃 kui4: (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement); (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces; (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
- long sigh; deep sigh
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
- the North Pole; the north magnetic pole
- to reclaim (land); to cultivate
- overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
- to backfire on; to rebound on
- 占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine
- lit. to join hands; to act together
- to concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right
- (idiom) very few
- to outflank; to envelop
- what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation
- to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole)
- target; aim; objective; what one hopes to gain
- however; but; yet
- abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university; teacher training college
- to hold fast to; to stick to