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to be precisely; to just happen to be; to be exactly; to be none other than

to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god (on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar month)

1. to disintegrate; to disunite

4 meanings

to visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead

1. to support; to back

3 meanings

to benefit from an association with someone

1. to take into consideration; to consider

4 meanings

2. to mainly teach

2 meanings

3. to give the phonetic notation of a word or phrase

3 meanings

3. (Classical) to uphold righteousness

3 meanings

9. (figurative) to be discontented with unfair treatment

9 meanings

1. to lend money

2 meanings

to go without food; to go on a hunger strike; to starve oneself

4. (chess, xiangqi) to check

6 meanings

(intransitive) to remain a widow; to live in widowhood

(Liuzhou Mandarin) to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow

to do; to make

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have a drought

(Hainanese) to celebrate a holiday; to celebrate a festival

to perform Buddhist or Taoist rituals every seven days after a person's death, till the 49th day

to swear (oath), to vow

1. to do things; to handle matters

2 meanings

1. to work with one's hands; to do manual work

2 meanings

put on airs, make a fuss, make a scene

(Northern Min, Hainanese) to have a typhoon

4. (Classical) to control; to manipulate; to influence; to dominate

4 meanings

to be flooded; to be inundated

to sin, to do evil

to go through yuezi, the traditional Chinese form of postpartum recovery that lasts for one month after childbirth, sometimes referred to in English as confinement or lying-in

1. to respect (someone); to hold in high esteem

4 meanings