error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
scholarship; learning; knowledge
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
should do; ought to do; must do
useless; vain; aimless; idle
praise; glorification; extolment
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
lately; recently; in recent times
man of letters; literary man
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
very; greatly; exceedingly
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
admiration; wonder; astonishment
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange