(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to get help; to enlist aid
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
fighting to the death (with swords)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
Ministry of War (Tang-dynasty China)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
issue; offspring; paternal blood
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
questions and answers; dialogue
money paid to the government
to force one's way through
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)