below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
probability; likelihood; chances
existence; being; life; survival
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
operation; functioning; running
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
legend; folklore; tradition
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
novel; story; (work of) fiction
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
revenge; having a second go (at something)
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
defeat; loss; reverse; setback