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

1. not to know
2. unaware
3. unknowingly
4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
2. alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)

1. should
2. ought to
3. probably
4. must be
5. to deserve
6. to owe
7. to be sb's turn to do sth
8. that
9. the above-mentioned

1. to speak; to talk; to say
2. to explain; to comment
3. to scold; to tell off
4. (bound form) theory; doctrine

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)
2. alternative form of 悅 /悦 (yuè, “happy; delighted”)

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)
2. alternative form of 脫 /脱 (“to free; to relieve”)

1. what?
2. something; anything

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. to keep
2. to maintain
3. to hold
4. to preserve

1. taciturn
2. uncommunicative
3. silent