to need; to call for; to require
be (that) as it may; having said that
while; during (the time when)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
it is I who should say so
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
special promotion (in rank or grade)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
birth; creation; formation
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to help each other; to cooperate
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison