weather; fair weather; fine weather
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
to complain; to make a complaint
recently; lately; these days
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
lately; recently; these days
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
encounter; engagement; battle
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
absence; disregard; indifference
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)