- to be proficient in; to master (a subject)
- prescription
- tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
- massage; to massage
- root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- injury; wound; trauma
- to recover (from illness)
- to assemble; to gather
- from within; therefrom
- to order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
- connoisseur; expert; veteran
- to mistakenly kill; manslaughter
- 弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley
- to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
- dim; sad
- wise; brilliant
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
- to sneer at sb; to ridicule
- to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
- to show; to reveal
- duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- excessively; too
- impatient
- to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)
- lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); fig. the truth comes to light
- eccentric; peculiar
- perverse (behavior); disagreeable (character)
- (idiom) a great humiliation; a huge embarrassment
- hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
- feel ashamed
- to pretend; to feign; to act a part
- to fish
- half of a lifetime
- to rebuke; to reprimand
- to keep silent
- to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into
- border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
- a crafty villain
- evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner