shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
sympathy; compassion; pity
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to spit out all around; to vomit all around; to spew out (e.g. dirty language)
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
the last moment; the very end
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
recovery; undoing; recall
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
nightlife districts; drinking districts
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
hutong; narrow street or alley, esp. in Beijing
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)