Kamus Bahasa Jepang, Mandarin, dan Korea

to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)

phoneme

to induce an abortion; induced abortion

to socialize

great; liberal

Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy

(old) contracted variant of 百克[bai3 ke4]

(bird species of China) slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea)

to go downstairs

to be in straitened circumstances

see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]

to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)

rag

firelight; blaze

racecourse

to get on the boat

characteristic binding

River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s

clever; sharp

lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish

Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023), Italian media magnate and right-wing politician, prime minister of Italy 1994–1995, 2001–2006, 2008–2011

to stitch; to mend

beekeeper; apiculturist

to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others); overdoing it; to go overboard