lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
pride; boast; credit (to)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)