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rebel; rebellion; rebellious
old man; elder
false
to express, to state; to relate, to narrate
to grimace; to bare one's teeth
onomatopoetic, a drumming sound
final particle
onomatopoetic, a crash or bang
to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth
to cough
to neigh, to whinny
(Cant.) to guard (from Engl. 'guard'); a card (from Engl. 'card'); young and pretty (from Engl. 'kid')
onomatopoeic; sound, noise
to grimace, to grin
a cat's meow; a meter
the bleating of sheep
to whisper, to slander, to blame
the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite
all, together, united; salted
to shout; to jeer at
throat; pharynx
to bite, to gnaw
a creaking sound; to laugh
exclamation of surprise
we, us
to scold; to shout, to roar, to bellow
unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty
to inquire, to consult, to discuss; to plan
sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
used in transliterations
a sound made to get a horse to move
to quiver, to tremble, to shudder
a chemical element
the clamor of an argument; funny; odd
the sound of laughter
to coax; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive; tumult, uproar
uproar, tumult, hubbub
to belch; to vomit
to sip
to swallow, to gulp down; greedy
onomatopoetic, a clang or clatter
a cow's moo
to whisper
used in transliterations
article, good, product; commodity; quality, character
to smile; to laugh at; to sneer
to vomit; an infant's cry
to make noise, to make sound; sound
garrulous; disturbed; restless
dumb, mute, hoarse
ah, final particle
final exclamatory particle
which? where? how?
to limit, to constrain; pen, cell
farm, field; used in place names
heap, pile; to heap, to pile
border, boundary, frontier
rampart; base (in baseball)
pattern, model, type; mold; law
mound, lump, round mass
to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
lump, mound; pimple
cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
anthill; hill mound
chalk; to daub with chalk; holy, sacred, sagacious
to plow; place name
dirt, filth, stains; dirty; disgraceful
a high and dry place
to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim
to be defeated, to collapse, to fail
small hillock, used in place names
unit of area