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 vocal recital or concert

1 play

2 show

3 performance

4 exhibition

5 to perform

6 to act

7 to demonstrate

8 classifier: 场 chǎng

1 to screen (a movie)

2 to stage (a play)

3 a screening

4 a staging

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

2 entirely outside the norm

3 out of character

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

1 lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior

1 to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide