1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)

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

1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive
2. hard-working; conscientious

1. but; yet; however; still
2. merely; only; just

1. final; last; ultimate
2. finally; in the end

1. still (as before)
2. had better
3. unexpectedly
4. or

1. had better; it would be best (to do something); one would be well-advised to
2. nevertheless; yet
3. or
4. still

1. to be defeated
2. to lose
3. to fail (e.g. experiments)
4. failure
5. defeat

classifier: 次

1. (completed action marker)
2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

1. to finish
2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)

1. (of eyes) bright
2. clear-sighted
3. to understand clearly