- to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- upright; upstanding; honest
- pleased
- to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
- to lift up; to hold high
- to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- this side; here
- palace hall
- to lead to
- bolt; latch; to bolt; to latch
- 大门 Dà mén: 大门 Da4 men2: the Doors, US rock band大门 dà mén: 大门 da4 men2: entrance; door; gate; large and influential family
- to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
- acute spirit; dash; drive
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- overall situation
- excellent plan; brilliant scheme
- to summon; to muster; to assemble
- lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go
- 奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: wicked; crafty; traitor奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape
- to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
- to flatter
- to fawn on; to flatter; to ingratiate oneself; flattery
- battered and exhausted; stuck in a dilemma
- to gather; to congregate; to aggregate
- atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 铺盖 pū gài: 铺盖 pu1 gai4: to spread evenly over铺盖 pū gai: 铺盖 pu1 gai5: bedding; bedclothes
- brother's son; nephew
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- (literary) elegant; graceful; refined
- to be kindred spirits; to hit it off
- close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4]