unit (of measure) ; unit (group of people as a whole) ; work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

but; yet; however; still ; merely; only; just

but; however

variant of 蜑

(onom.) dong ; ding dong (bell)

then ; at that time ; while

everywhere

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

road ; path ; principle ; truth ; morality ; reason ; skill ; method ; Dao (of Daoism) ; to say ; to speak ; to talk ; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process ; (old) circuit (administrative division)

reason ; argument ; sense ; principle ; basis ; justification

road ; path ; way

the earth

underground railway; subway ; subway train

subway station

if (coming after a conditional clause)

to obtain ; to get ; to gain ; to catch (a disease) ; proper ; suitable ; proud ; contented ; to allow ; to permit ; ready ; finished

to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion)

lamp ; light ; lantern

to wait until ; by the time when (sth is ready etc)

to equal ; to be tantamount to

low ; beneath ; to lower (one's head) ; to let droop ; to hang down ; to incline

to nod

inn; old-style hotel ; (bound form) shop; store

to fall ; to drop ; to lag behind ; to lose ; to go missing ; to reduce ; fall (in prices) ; to lose (value, weight etc) ; to wag ; to swing ; to turn ; to change ; to exchange ; to swap ; to show off ; to shed (hair) ; (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Northeast China ; Manchuria

the East ; the Orient ; two-character surname Dongfang

southeast

winter

to understand ; to comprehend

to understand; to know; to comprehend

animal

zoo

pronunciation ; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

to pass ; to spend (time) ; measure ; limit ; extent ; degree of intensity ; degree (angles, temperature etc) ; kilowatt-hour ; classifier for events and occurrences

short ; brief ; to lack ; weak point ; fault

text message ; SMS

surname Duan

squadron ; team ; group

captain ; team leader

to talk (with sb) ; dialogue; conversation

(sitting) opposite ; across (the street) ; directly in front ; to be face to face

(of time) how long? ; (not) a long time

how (wonderful etc) ; what (a great idea etc) ; however (difficult it may be etc) ; (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) ; to what extent

majority; most

cloudy (meteorology)

(not only ...) but also ; moreover ; in addition ; furthermore

to send out ; to show (one's feeling) ; to issue ; to develop ; to make a bundle of money ; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

to notice; to become aware of ; to discover; to find; to detect ; a discovery

restaurant

convenient ; suitable ; to facilitate ; to make things easy ; having money to spare ; (euphemism) to relieve oneself