1. to punish
2. to administer justice

1. to repeatedly commit an offense
2. repeat offender
3. habitual criminal
4. recidivist
5. recidivism

1. teacher
2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
3. husband
4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位

1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
3. (literary) Taoist priest
4. (literary) ancestor
5. (literary) father and elder brother
6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
7. Taoist priest
8. ancestor
9. father and elder brother
10. husband
11. one who was born earlier
12. traditional Chinese medicine physician

1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
3. (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 a

1. to create
2. to bring about
3. to produce
4. to set (a record)

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 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)

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

1. two
2. 2
3. (Beijing dialect) stupid

1. to shake
2. to flap
3. to vibrate
4. to resonate
5. to rise up with spirit
6. to rouse oneself

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 振振 (zhēnzhēn)
2. only used in 振振 (zhēnzhēn)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 袗 (zhěn, “unlined garment”)
2. alternative form of 袗 (zhěn, “unlined garment”)

1. (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket)
2. (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition
3. (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)

1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

classifier: 個

1. norm
2. standard
3. criterion

1. will
2. shall
3. to use
4. to take
5. to checkmate
6. just a short while ago
7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 bǎ)

1. (bound form) a general
2. (literary) to command; to lead
3. (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

1. to desire
2. to invite
3. to request

1. everlasting
2. perpetual
3. lasting
4. forever
5. permanent

1. to travel
2. journey; trip

classifiers: 趟, 次

1. right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
2. (classical) power and wealth