to discuss; to talk together
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
allocation; assignment; allotment
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to wield a baton; to swing a baton; to lead; to direct; to command
something heard while sleeping
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
until now; so far; up to the present
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
honor; honour; credit; prestige
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)