to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
action; operation; effect; function
technical skill; ability; capacity
in the end; on top of that
to temper thoroughly; to train well
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
restoration; repair; mending
much less; to say nothing of
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to keep in mind; to memorize
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled