1 to do

2 to make

3 to produce

4 to write

5 to compose

6 to act as

7 to engage in

8 to hold (a party)

9 to be

10 to become

11 to function (in some capacity)

12 to serve as

13 to be used for

14 to form (a bond or relationship)

15 to pretend

16 to feign

17 to act a part

18 to put on appearance

1 to live

2 alive

3 living

4 work

5 workmanship

1 to exercise

2 to move about

3 to operate

4 to use connections (personal influence)

5 loose

6 shaky

7 active

8 movable

9 activity

10 campaign

11 maneuver

12 behavior

13 classifier: 项 xiàng

14 classifier: 个 gè

1 life

2 activity

3 to live

4 livelihood

1 see also: 作主 zuò zhǔ

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end

2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.

3 in for a penny, in for a pound

1 to act recklessly (idiom)

1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries

2 two parties cannot coexist

1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's job mechanically

3 to hold a position passively

1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn