currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

(great) majority

flower / blossom / CL: 朵, 支, 束, 把, 盆, 簇 / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...

the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori

cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL: 個｜个

small number / few / minority

in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL: 層｜层, 座, 棟｜栋

to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL: 張｜张, 片 / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里) / cassette

original; former / originally; formerly; at first / so, actually, as it turns out

majority; most

shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL: 家 / the business world

expensive / (bound form) highly valued; precious / (bound form) noble; of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your

singing voice / fig. original voice of a poet

direction; orientation

honor and glory / glorious

at that time / originally

the greater part; the majority; most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]

village / (dialect) to scold / rustic; boorish

where? / wherever; anywhere; somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

sophisticated; advanced (technology etc) / meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)

horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential

central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)

first / original / primitive / original (document etc)

to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite

large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate

higher authorities / superiors / CL: 個｜个

to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

workday / working day / weekday

native place / place of origin / home state or region

tint; coloring; coloration / (fig.) flavor; character

source (of information etc) / origin

government / official (approved or issued by an authority)

Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化｜中华文化 "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國｜中华民国

early or late; first and last; priority / in succession; one after another

original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course

won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條｜条, 本, 句

to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)

to assemble; to combine; to compose / combination; association; set; compilation / (math.) combinatorial

to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche

victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task)

nearby; neighboring / (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood

horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent

biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station

trend / tendency / orientation

originally / original / former

to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question

power / authority

to entail strenuous effort / to toil at a task / strenuous / laborious / strain

meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

green channel (customs clearance without document or cargo inspection); (by extension) priority processing; fast track

the top; the upper part; (its) surface / the authorities; those in charge; the higher-ups

(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember

(Ming dynasty) Tianjin garrison; historical name of Tianjin 天津

hard; stiff; solid / (fig.) strong; firm / resolutely; uncompromisingly / laboriously; with great difficulty / good (quality); able (person) / (of food) filling; substantial

(historical weaponry) shield / (gaming, sci-fi) shield; damage-absorbing barrier / (fig.) protective safeguard

qualifications / seniority

to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots

all / without any exceptions / categorically

housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess

to have priority; to take precedence

heat / quantity of heat / calorific value

(idiom) to become famous in one stroke; to shoot to fame (originally referred to passing the imperial examination)

(soccer slang) spectacular, world-class goal; wonder goal (originally Cantonese: 波 is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])

originally / the original; original copy; original version

(historical) affairs of state at the imperial court

true nature; original state / true to one's nature; genuine and unpretentious

original / former

diet; low-calorie (drink etc)

to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)

(historical) to submit a memorial to the throne; to make a formal submission to the emperor

assembly hall; auditorium / CL: 座

military family member; dependent of a servicemember / (historical) civilian employee attached to the military

heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy / laborious; arduous

to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort

(in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product)

(historical) consort kin

to face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented / (Tw) aspect; facet

to create (an original work) / (of a work) original / original creation; original work

(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official / teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)

mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷｜司马迁, first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史

mulberry fruit (Fructus mori)

square; lattice; grid; frame / compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit) / (bound form) standard; norm; specification / (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone / (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern / (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case / (literary) to correct; to rectify / (literary) to arrive at; to reach / (literary) to obstruct; to hinder / (literary) to investigate exhaustively / classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism

to seize and hand sb over to the authorities

cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits

silver chloride AgCl

place of origin / birthplace / source

magnificence / magnificent / majestic / glorious

to attack / to accuse / to charge / an attack (terrorist or military)

variant of 向 / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly