1.folk songs of the state of Chu 楚国[chǔ guó]2.popular art forms (contrasted with 阳春白雪[yáng chūn bái xuě], highbrow art forms)
1.to seize power2.to conquer the world3.to establish and expand a business4.to carve out a career for oneself+1 条 1.rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse2.deteriorating day by day
1.(of sales, prices etc) to fall2.to drop3.decline4.slump+1 条 1.to knock off (at the end of a day's work)2.to finish work
1.you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation)2.below the foot
tears falling like rain (idiom)
1.to abandon2.to lay down
second half of the night (from midnight to sunrise)
1.to shed tears while recounting sth2.speaking in a tearful voice
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
1.at a stalemate2.deadlocked3.in unrelenting mutual opposition
(idiom) from bottom to top; from the grass roots up; bottom-up
downward fluctuation (of prices etc)
1.to die2.future incarnation3.next life4.to be born+2 条+3 条 1.as many as; no less than2.not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
1.to step down from office2.to go into opposition
1.to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable)2.(of a dish) to go well with rice
(idiom) famous throughout the land; renowned far and wide
1.in front of one's eyes2.in full view as a panorama3.right now
1.feelings of the masses2.my situation (humble speech)
to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up
(slang) the younger person in a romantic relationship; a younger partner
(coll.) the period around the end of the lunar year; the run-up to and days surrounding Spring Festival
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
to swallow (food or drink)
1.to produce milk; to lactate2.to promote lactation
1.(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status2.to marry down
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
1.to bow down low2.to make obeisance3.to kneel and bow
1.subscript2.suffix3.index
1.signature on letter2.name of donor
1.to pour2.to pour down (of rain)3.to lay a bet
(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)
1.to stop screening a movie2.to end the run of a movie
to go out to work in the fields
1.lower bound (math.)2.world of mortals3.(of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
1.to cast a fishing net2.(computing) to go offline
1.to send the betrothal gifts2.(fig.) to conclude a marriage