begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
host; landlord; innkeeper
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
(arch.) charmed and cursed; something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
moment by moment; hour by hour
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
disgrace; humiliation; insult
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
all ages to come; all generations; eternity
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to stare back (at); to glare back
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down