- won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- feather; plume; plumage; CL:根[gen1]
- painting
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- indeed; really (very much so)
- to understand; to comprehend
- 应 yīng: 应 ying1: to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall应 Yīng: 应 Ying1: surname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]应 yìng: 应 ying4: to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- daytime
- there is no need; why should
- danger; dangerous; rugged
- (suffix) very; extremely
- since; as; this being the case
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- in one's childhood
- daddy; granddad
- literature
- 武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- in the end; finally; as a result
- (idiom) to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
- aptitude; natural endowments
- usual; common; ordinary
- highly intelligent; brilliant
- painting and calligraphy
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)
- military strategy; military tactics; originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
- 卜 Bǔ: 卜 Bu3: surname Bu卜 bǔ: 卜 bu3: (bound form) to divine卜 bó: 卜 bo2: used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
- astrology and physiognomy
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- 罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
- first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
- waning moon