1. as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course
2. inevitable and right

1. to repair
2. to fix
3. to prune
4. to trim
5. (coll.) to sort sb out
6. to fix sb

1. cost
2. expenditure
3. expense

classifiers: 筆, 個

1. Belgium
2. Belgian
3. abbr. for 比利时 Bǐlìshí

1. to compare
2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
3. ratio
4. to gesture
5. (Taiwan pr. bì in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
4. used in 師比／师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
3. close; near
4. dense; closely packed

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
2. alternative form of 庀 (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)

1. surname Yuan
2. Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
2. (bound form) first; original; primary
3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
4. (bound form) constituent; part
5. (prefix) meta-
6. (math.) argument; variable
7. era (of a reign)
8. (Tw) (geology) eon

1. still
2. still in progress
3. still more
4. yet
5. even more
6. in addition
7. fairly
8. passably (good)
9. as early as
10. even
11. also
12. else

1. to pay back
2. to return

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) immediately
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) nimble; agile
4. alternative form of 旋 (“to rotate; to turn around”)
5. immediately
6. nimble; agile

1. to want; to need; to ask for
2. will; shall; about to
3. need to; should
4. if (same as 要是 yàoshi)
5. (bound form) important

1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
2. alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
3. used in 要褭／要袅

1. many; much; more; a lot of
2. too many; in excess
3. (after a numeral) ... odd
4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
5. (bound form) multi-; poly-

1. to change or replace
2. to experience
3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

1. more
2. even more
3. further
4. still
5. still more

1. many; much; more; a lot of
2. too many; in excess
3. (after a numeral) ... odd
4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
5. (bound form) multi-; poly-

1. I
2. me
3. my

1. very; really
2. unusual; extraordinary

1. to be grateful
2. to appreciate
3. thankful

1. to understand
2. to realize
3. to find out

1. to understand
2. to realize
3. to find out

1. to decide
2. to determine
3. to execute (sb)
4. (of a dam etc) to breach or burst
5. definitely
6. certainly

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fast
2. fast

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be breached; to be torn (of clothes); alternative form of 缺 (quē)
2. to be breached; to be torn (of clothes); alternative form of 缺 (quē)

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 跑堂儿的 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

classifiers: 條, 個