pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
first 10 days of the month
state of an illness; condition of a patient
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
commencing with; including
postpartum; after childbirth
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
lower classes; common people
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
rear garden; back garden; backyard; inner palace
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
simmer; bubble out; flow out
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
occasional; infrequent; rare
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop