Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL: 個｜个

to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound

bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) / to puff (on a pipe etc) / (onom.) bang / abbr. for 貼吧｜贴吧

quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊｜被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)

band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條｜条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

(onom.) beating a drum / rat-a-tat

to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn

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

icebox / freezer cabinet / refrigerator / CL: 臺｜台, 個｜个

to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL: 個｜个, 隻｜只

to pile on top of one another / layer; stratum / floor (of a building); story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers

north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River

broadcast / CL: 個｜个 / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize

temporary / provisional / for the time being

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

to be in favor of / to support / to back / support / backing / to stand by / CL: 個｜个

seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座 / CL: 個｜个 / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

guarantee / to guarantee / to ensure / to safeguard / to pledge / CL: 個｜个

stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being; creature / CL: 個｜个, 條｜条

bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly

to reduce; to lower; to bring down

manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL: 個｜个

to praise / to commend

since / as / this being the case

plastic bag

boarding pass

to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record)

to combine / to link / to integrate / binding / CL: 次

to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme)

to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

blessings / to wish sb well

to replenish / to supplement / to complement / additional / supplementary / CL: 個｜个

background; backdrop; context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL: 種｜种

adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

to construct / building / CL: 個｜个

to arise; to come into being; to come about / to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

to lead to / to create / to cause / to bring about

to be classified as / to belong to / to be part of

to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate / known

(facial) expression / to express one's feelings

unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis

accomplishment / success / achievement / CL: 個｜个 / to achieve (a result) / to create / to bring about

to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain)

actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个

transmitter-receiver / broadcasting station / radio station / CL: 個｜个, 家

skill / ability / capability / CL: 項｜项, 個｜个

ice cream

to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

apartment building / block of flats / CL: 套

to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈｜百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈｜帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

from beginning to end / all along

to achieve / to implement / to realize / to bring about

to induce / to promote / to urge / to impel / to bring about / to provoke / to drive (sb to do sth) / to catalyze / to actuate / to contribute to (some development)

to bring about / to create / to cause

to ensure / to guarantee / to safeguard

to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL: 套

banking / finance / financial

third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl

instinct

to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation

to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]

classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old)

to pay a visit; to call on

to sound an alarm / to report sth to the police

to bear / to give birth / to grow / to rear / to bring up (children) / fertility

for the time being / tentatively

to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished

direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth

to wrap; to pack / to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out / (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file)

in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole / overall situation; the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students

to honor / to commend / to cite (in dispatches)

to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad

pocket / bag / to wrap up or hold in a bag / to move in a circle / to canvas or solicit / to take responsibility for / to disclose in detail / combat armor (old)

to compensate / to make up

analogy / instance / for instance

classifier for buildings / carriage curtain (old)

passive

frontier / border

to mediate / to bring parties to an agreement

there is no harm in / might as well

wave

malady / evil / malpractice / drawback / disadvantage

(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

blooming / in full flower

malfunction / breakdown / defect / shortcoming / fault / failure / impediment / error / bug (in software)

to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner

to pack / to package / to wrap / packaging

to bring together

to destroy (by melting or burning) / to obliterate

blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)

to recite / to repeat from memory

(contraction of 不用) need not; please don't

qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣｜气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation