contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
at once; immediately; right now
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
order; sequence; procedure
due form; official; formality
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
failure; mistake; blunder
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
how; in what way; how about
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
choices; alternatives; options
three; three years of age
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one thin flat object; one sheet
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese