cowardly; timid; easily frightened
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to ask a high price; to overcharge
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
in that way; like that; that way
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
here and there; in places
to become frayed; to become loose
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide