unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
several years; a few years
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
guidance; leadership; leading the way
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
inexhaustibility; mutual financing association
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
several times; a few times
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
successive generations; successive emperors
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm