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cockroach
root, origin, source; basis
end, final, last; insignificant
skill, art; method, technique; trick
skill, art; method, technique; trick
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
letter, note; correspondence
evil, depraved, wicked
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
mother; female elders; female
the name of an ancient tribe
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
protium
ditch; pool
to flood, to inundate, to overflow
spring
old variant of 水[shui3]
long; perpetual, eternal; forever
name of a river in Shandong
Han; Chinese
to gather, to collect; confluence
bank, sandbar; beach, shore
juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce
to extinguish; to wipe out
to pull up
criminal; to violate, to commit a crime
armadillo
deep, profound, abstruse
jade, gem, precious stone
melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
sweet, tasty; willing
life; to be born; student
electricity; electric; lightning
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
to report; to extend; to explain; to declare
to throw away, to fling, to discard
field, farm, arable land; cultivated
to use, to employ, to apply; use
cause, reason; from
cockroach
sickness, disease
roll, bolt of cloth; foot
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
legs
dish, vessel; shallow container
skin, hide, fur, feathers
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
spear, lance
stone, rock, mineral
arrow, dart; to vow, to swear
courtesy, manners, social customs
altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate
cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk
rump
cave, den, hole
to stand; to establish, to set up
tangled; to investigate, to unravel
net, network
mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris; used in transliterations
large-leaf gentian
taro
festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
cloth
confusion; internal strife
mark, sign; to note, to record
to accuse, to pry; to expose secrets
to finish, to conclude; to exhaust
to allow, to permit, to yield
to abuse, to slander, to vilify; to ridicule
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for
to commission, to entrust, to rely on
to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis