1. because
2. owing to
3. on account of

1. to exist; to be alive
2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

1. first rate
2. top class
3. excellent

1. (sports) league
2. league tournament

1. (bound form) China; Chinese
2. surname Zhong

1. within; among; in
2. middle; center
3. while (doing sth); during
4. (dialect) OK; all right

1. to hit (a target)
2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
3. to win (a prize or lottery)

1. all
2. to have; to possess; to own

1. ranks
2. troops
3. queue
4. line
5. procession

classifiers: 個, 支, 條

1. all; both; entirely
2. (used for emphasis) even
3. already
4. (not) at all

1. capital city
2. metropolis

1. very; quite
2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

1. to have; there is
2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)

1. clean
2. completely
3. only
4. net (income, exports etc)
5. (Chinese opera) painted face male role

1. victory
2. success
3. to beat
4. to defeat
5. to surpass
6. victorious
7. superior to
8. to get the better of
9. better than
10. surpassing
11. superb (of vista)
12. beautiful (scenery)
13. wonderful (view)
14. (Taiwan pr. shēng) able to bear
15. equal to (a task)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 腥 (xīng, “rank; fishy”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) synonym of 省 (“thin; skinny”)
3. alternative form of 腥 (xīng, “rank; fishy”)
4. only used in 胜遇 (qìngyù, “name of a mythical bird”)
5. synonym of 省 (“thin; skinny”)

1. different
2. other
3. hetero-
4. unusual
5. strange
6. surprising
7. to distinguish
8. to separate
9. to discriminate

1. very; quite
2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

1. small
2. tiny
3. few
4. young