- first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4]
- cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
- (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- to pursue and attack
- to injure; to wound; to damage
- 爪 zhǎo: 爪 zhao3: foot of a bird or animal; paw; claws; talons爪 zhuǎ: 爪 zhua3: (coll.) foot of an animal or bird; (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
- to burst forth; to spurt; to crack; split
- physical strength
- to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by 距離|距离[ju4 li2]) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
- to shoot down (a plane)
- to dodge
- mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth
- 焦 Jiāo: 焦 Jiao1: surname Jiao焦 jiāo: 焦 jiao1: burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 焦耳[jiao1 er3])
- underarm; armpit
- with rapt attention
- (the space) between the eyebrows
- eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852–2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
- divinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth
- to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at
- water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds
- grip strength; hand strength
- rare
- non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- to hit back; to retaliate