the position of sth; whereabouts
falling tone; fourth tone in modern Mandarin
to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract
to reduce internal heat (TCM); relieve fever; reduce fever; relieve inflammation
to peel; to remove the skin; to tare
the way one is following; outlet
late last year; the end of last year
to remove the dross; to discard the dregs
undecided between taking and leaving
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
to become an immortal; (fig.) to die
to steal; to make off with; stolen
to go out; to exit; to get out; indicates a motion out and away from the speaker (when used after a verb)
to omit; to delete; to leave out; to neglect; to skip over
to omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary; to save (time, trouble etc)
to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
past times; (in the) past; former; formerly; previous; previously; to go over; over; across; to pass (by)
to enter; to go in; to get in; in (there)
to send (to); to deliver (to); to give someone a lift (e.g. in a car); to give someone a ride
to elapse; to pass away; to die; demise
to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from
not to pay attention to; to leave sth as it is; to ignore
(coll.) (after adjectives such as 多, 大, 远, 高) very; extremely
to move out (vacate); to shift sth out
to defeat; to be superior to
to survive; to keep on living
(slang) (Tw) to stick "it" in; to thrust inside
to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through
(lit.) can pass through (an opening); (fig.) can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
to smell of sth; to smell like sth
gradually; little by little; in the course of time
as far as the eye can see
whereabouts unknown; gone missing
what course to follow; what path to take
to relieve from office; to sack
to press (on); to keep (at it); to persevere; to stick (to) (with something); to persist (onwards); to insist (on)
(coll.) aplenty; millions of
to take sth to heart; to take sth seriously
as far as the eye can see
repeatedly; back and forth again and again
(lit.) mountain has a connecting pulse throughout like a dragon (idiom, from fengshui); sequence of events; pedigree; cause and effects; the whys and wherefores; where sth comes from and where it goes; ins and outs
going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
hard to erase; ineradicable
to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms
to fly about; to fly hither and thither; to flit; to swarm; to spiral
spilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk
just as bad; not much better