to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
first generation; founder
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
preface; foreword; introduction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign