incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
terracotta army (clay figurines found near the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor in China); terracotta warriors and horses
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
like that; that way; thus
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
good wife and wise mother
that's a different matter; that's a different story
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
dry riverbed; river beach