(literary) to give; to accord; to render

to impose or inflict a specific measure, treatment, or punishment

to give or confer a quality, power, or right

to formally grant or bestow an honor, title, or right

to grant; to bestow

to not grant; to withhold; to refuse to provide or allow

to place, pin, or invest (hope, expectations, or importance) on someone or something

to officially grant permission, permit, or authorize a request

to give a present or make a formal donation of material goods

To have absolute control over the life, death, and property of others; to hold complete authority over someone's fate.

Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor

to give consideration to; to grant special attention to a request

to give or grant at one's discretion

to give cause for gossip

Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to the story in the Analects where Confucius scolds his student for sleeping during lectures.

Zai Yu (522-458 BC), a disciple of Confucius

to place high hopes

no comment; to decline to comment

to decline to provide a comment or statement on a particular matter

to ignore, brush off, dismiss, or pay no attention to someone or something