bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數｜底数)

to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score / not many; only a few

clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power

flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母

enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)

lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift

banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark

to be kept secret; not to be divulged

to keep a copy / copy kept for archiving / to put aside a portion (of a money sum)

the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever

catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo

to rush about on errands / to be kept on the run

stud / male animal kept to breed offspring

mistress / concubine / kept woman

a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept

bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive

to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels

matters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private

(idiom) no secret can be kept forever

kept man

each word carries weight / a promise must be kept (idiom)

better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public

machine parts or tools kept in reserve / spare parts

lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主｜乐昌公主 (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship

(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒｜侧锋 and 偏鋒｜偏锋)

a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock

promises must be kept