careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
equality; impartiality; evenness
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to breathe in; to inhale; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
both; both sides; both parties
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 trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous