- monster; devil
- to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc)
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
- to rise in revolt; to raise difficult questions
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient
- to mount a sneak attack; to raid
- open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
- clever; quick-witted
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
- to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge
- to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
- serious about the matter
- to worry about
- to be close to; to approach; to draw near
- quietly; in a low voice
- common term; general term
- (idiom) vicious; merciless
- lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); fig. elusive
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes
- poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- extreme north
- 梅 Méi: 梅 Mei2: surname Mei梅 méi: 梅 mei2: plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
- see 白塔區|白塔区[Bai2 ta3 Qu1]
- summit; peak
- classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
- pitch-dark
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- to shine on; to light up; to irradiate
- secret passage; secret tunnel
- slack; lazy; remiss
- to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
- (of clothes) baggy; loose; (of a person) fat; stout; (medicine) hypertrophy