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(v.) force, compel, coerce

(v.) stick up, bend upwards, turn upwards, hold up | (char.) to raise (one's head); become warped or twisted;...

(n.) knack, trick

(idiom.) persist without stopping; make unremitting efforts

(v.) encroach, infringe

(v.) invade, encroachment

(v.) admire, respect, think highly of

(adj./n.) warm, warmhearted, intimate, affectionate; nearness, affection

(adj.) hardworking and thrifty

(adj.) clear, limpid

(v.) clean up, clear away, get rid of, eliminate

(v.) tilt, lean, incline, slope

(n.) intelligence, information

(n.) reason and sense

(n.) invitation letter, invitation card

(v.) request instructions

(n.) invitation card

(n.) hills

(v.) surrender, yield, submit to, bow (down) to

(adj./n.) tortuous, winding, zigzag; complicated; complications

(v.) drive out, expel, dislodge, banish

(v.) ban, prohibit (publications, customs. Etc.), suppress (violators)

(n.) trap, snare

(v.) (lit) weigh, consider, balance, trade-off

(n.) the global perspective, whole situation

(idiom.) go all out, do at all costs, make an all-out effort

(n.) fist

(n.) authority

(n.) breach, gap, loophole, insufficiency

(adj.) absent (from a meeting, etc.)

(adj.) (spoken Chinese) lame, crippled

(adj.) definite, exact, precise; reliable, authentic, true

(v.) be sure, be convinced

(v.) shout, yell; (spoken) make an uproar; (dialect) scold | (v.) shout, yell (only used in 嚷嚷)

(v./n.) make a concession, give in; compromise

(v.) forgive, pardon

(v.) to disturb, to create confusion, to disrupt

(phr.) brimming with tears, be moved to tears

(adj.) benevolent, merciful

(n.) humanity, human sympathy