to call in; to invite; to bring in
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
to order; to command; to appoint
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
good or bad; merits or demerits; quality; suitability
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
comparatively; relatively
be (that) as it may; having said that
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
Wu Zetian (624-705); Empress Wu
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
natural span of life; 250 years old
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much