chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
again; once more; a second time
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
police; police officer; police station
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
dark; not understood; unknown
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
accompanying note or letter; postscript
real intention; true motive; true meaning
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
two days before; day before yesterday
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
hairdresser; hairdressing
half the body; half length
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)