Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

to take a shortcut

to be charitable; to do a good deed

to flash; to overwrite the firmware (computing)

(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4 feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4 feng1]); (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things

Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]

to repent

student graduating in the current academic year; current-year graduate; fresh graduate

round-bottomed wicker basket; (dialect) to lift; to carry on one's shoulder

variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]

parapet; to look askance

the emergency number for firefighting services in Mainland China

burial; funeral

to sneer

Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805

Heineken (Dutch brewing company); see also 海尼根[Hai3 ni2 gen1]

essence

pumping station in irrigation system

husband of mother's sister; uncle

shoe

gooseberry

childishness; naivete

lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom); fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him

old variant of 焰[yan4]

idler; sluggard