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to rage

jiān

saddle blanket

jiǎn

eyelid

jiǎn

simple, succinct, terse; a letter

jiàn

to sprinkle, to spray, to splash, to spill

jiāng

pebble, small stone

jiàng

starch, paste; to starch

jiàng

sauce, paste, jam

jiāo

mite, larva; mantis egg

jiǎo

white; bright, brilliant; clear

jiǎo

insect

jīn

lapel, collar

jǐn

prudent, cautious, attentive

jìn

ashes, cinders, embers; remnants

jìn

an audience with the emperor

jiù

old, ancient; former, past

to question, to interrogate

juān

cuckoo

kǎi

armor, chain mail

kǎn

threshold, door frame

kuàng

broad, vast, wide; empty

kuí

Polaris, the north star

kuì

a bamboo basket for carrying soil

kuì

deaf

kuò

to expand, to stretch, to magnify

sloppy; rags

lài

leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy

lán

blue; indigo plant; surname

láo

unfiltered wine; sediment, dregs

léi

radium

lěi

rampart; base (in baseball)

pigweed; Chenopodium album

rare beast; strange; elegant

carp

sore, ulcer; plague, pestilence

lián

sickle

liàn

chain, wire; chains, shackles

liáng

food, grain, provisions

liǎng

a kind of monster

liáo

confused; to bind; to wind around

liáo

cicada

liè

hunting; field sports

liú

bright; clear; deep; swift

liú

pure gold

liú

to distill; lutetium; surname

liú

distill, distillation

lǒng

a mountain located in the Shanxi provice

lóu

skull, skeleton

verbose, talkative; mumbling

to reprimand; to fire an employee

windlass, pulley, capstan

heron, egret; Ardea species (various)

palm tree

to filter, to strain

mái

sto bury; to dirty, to soil

mài

drizzle, light rain; favors, gifts

mán

to slight, to insult; to deceive

mèn

sad, sorrowful, sick at heart

méng

twilight before dawn

méng

a kind of mineral

měng

stupid, ignorant, dull

one's deceased father

miù

absurd; error, exaggeration

to scheme, to plan; to practice

náo

parasitic worm; human pinworm

niǎn

to drive away, to expel, to oust

niè

to bite, to gnaw

niè

to whisper; surname

niè

nickel

níng

lemon

ōu

songs; to sing

ǒu

lotus root