to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
offense and defense; offence and defence
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
in that way; thus; so; so?
many; numerous; various; large number of
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Pleiades (in Greek mythology); Pleiades; the Seven Sisters
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
now; the present time; just now; another; more
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
people; men and women; each person; everybody
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
name; given name; first name
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish