pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
genius; prodigy; natural gift
essence; true nature; substance; reality
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
troubled face; worried expression
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
number of persons; personnel
machine parts; machinery; equipment
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like