incarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
such; like that; that sort of; very
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
rather; better; instead; if anything
particularly; only; in the case of
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
that is to say; so that means
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
genius; prodigy; natural gift
how; in what way; by what means
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
present (brought by a visitor); gift
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
Seven Warring States (Chinese history); Seven Kingdoms
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
difference; variation; difference
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
dominion; territory; possession
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
consequence; outcome; result; blame