A person or thing that subdues or poses a powerful threat to another; a bane or effective remedy

to unfairly deduct, embezzle, or withhold part of what should be issued to others, such as wages or goods

To conflict with or restrain each other, especially as described in the theory of Five Elements; to be incompatible or to have a relationship of mutual inhibition

(of a wife) to be fated to cause one's husband misfortune or death according to traditional fortune-telling

to help digest food; to aid the digestive process

to digest food; also used figuratively to mean to endure or handle a situation; used in Northern dialects or literature like [[红楼梦|紅樓夢|hong2 lou2 meng4]]

cruel, hard, and overly critical; treat others with excessive severity or harshness

be mutually conflicting or restrictive (specifically of the Yin-Yang and Five Elements in Chinese metaphysics)

to come to blows; to fight; to scuffle; mainly used in northern dialects

to deduct or withhold funds or goods from others to keep for oneself; to cut off part of a payment

to get told off or rebuked; to be scolded; to suffer blows