to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
voluntary singlehood (as a principle or creed); singlehood by choice
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
(your) consideration; attention; trouble; high dividends; high rate of return
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
to be intimate with; to befriend
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
in the end; at the end of the day
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
being just before one is generous; punishing someone you love or value to uphold the rules; (lit.) shedding tears while beheading Ma Su
happy tears; tears of joy
self-justification; excuse
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
role; duty; position; part
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
street fighting; urban warfare
innocent; blameless; guiltless
state funeral; national funeral
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
admissibility of a party (to a suit)
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
deployment of troops, equipment, etc. (in preparation for battle)