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sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
to check, to control, to push, to restrain
coat, jacket, outerware
cave, cavern
scar, cicatrix; birthmark
palladium
cypress, cedar
to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects
metal plate; sheet metal
to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang
to tie, to fasten, to bind
womb, placenta, fetal membrane
to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
bustard; procuress; Otis species (various)
glass, cup
back, backside; to betray, to violate
barium
to forge ahead; energetic; surname
"there is no need"
to pump
to gush, to burst; to crack, to split
chaff, husk
used in transliterations
caution; to guard against, to take care
a kind of bean; Piper longtum
throne; steps leading to the throne
stone probe; to pierce; to counsel
flat; board, sign, tablet
to lower a coffin into a grave
easy, convenient; expedient
mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
storm, whirlwind
handle, lever, knob; authority
bright, luminous; glorious
rice-cake, pastry, biscuit
glass
thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick
plutonium
to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
oriole
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
anguished; sympathetic
to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture
to separate the grain from the husk
to investigate, to examine, to look into
opportunity; farmland after the harvest
tea; tea leaves; tea plant
beautiful, colorful; girl
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
scorpion
to peek, to watch; to investigate, to spy on
a river in Shaanxi province
to taste; to experience, to experiment with
bright, clear; extended
bank note, paper money; to counterfeit
giant clam, Tridacna gigas
willow, tamarisk
to balance, to fit; balanced, suitable
castle, city, town; municipality
to hold, to support, to sustain
to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense
Chinese character
companion, mate, colleague
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
boat, ship
boil, tumor; wound, sore
springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
to grimace; to bare one's teeth
ancestral temple; to sacrifice
a plant yielding a red dye
thatching; caltrop, Tribulus terrestris