1 to react

2 to respond

3 reaction

4 response

5 reply

6 chemical reaction

7 classifier: 个 gè

1 anyway

2 in any case

3 to come over from the enemy's side

1 a succession of

2 a series of

1 to string together

2 to skewer

3 to connect wrongly

4 to gang up

5 to rove

6 string

7 bunch

8 skewer

9 classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of

10 to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)

11 to move across

1 to cook on a skewer

2 barbecued food on a skewer

3 shish kebab

1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic

2 entirely outside the norm

3 out of character

1 to call on friends and relations (idiom)

1 to act in collusion (idiom)

1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word

2 to blow hot and cold

3 to contradict oneself

4 inconsistent

1 to answer back sarcastically (idiom)

2 to retort