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ditch; pool
wild duck; teal; swim
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
hard, strong, tough; just, barely
to row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable
a line; to arrange, to classify
to kill, to destroy; surname
to behead, to cut the throat
punishment, penalty; law
cutting off the feet as a form of punishment
rule, law, regulation; grades
to move, to happen; movement, action
low-quality, inferior, bad
to cooperate, to work together; joint labor
breast, chest, thorax; to clamor; Hungary
artisan, craftsman, workman
to correct, to revise; to restore
flowery; illustrious; Chinese
to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
dangerous, precarious; high
surname
press; oppress; crush; pressure
to dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
obedient; united
used in transliterations
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
English inch (unlike 寸, which could be the English or the Chinese inch)
to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
individual; each, every; all
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
after; behind, rear; descendants
lucky, propitious, good
government official, magistrate
a musical note; surname
final interrogative particle
name; position, rank, title
same, similar; together with, alike
to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
to scare, to frighten; to threaten, to intimidate
towards; direction, trend
alas; to sigh
to cry, to bawl; to yell, to shout
to scold; to shout, to roar, to bellow
to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
to return, to turn around; a time
baby, infant
top of the head; skull
child, daughter
sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather
cause, reason; by; because
field, open space; market, square; stage
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
(phonetic)
jade tablet
garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger
tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness
destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert
dike, embankment
to whitewash, to plaster over with mud
bridge; river bank
at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
a furrow in a field; a small drainage ditch
big, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
much, many, multi-; more than, over
to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
dawn, early in the morning; previous; long-held
to rob, to snatch, to take by force
to support; to be wedged between
extravagant, luxurious; handsome
depression, hollow, low ground