to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
victim; injured party; sufferer
last days; the end; one's fate
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
few decades; many decades; several decades
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to try out the food at various restaurants
soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup
to eat up; to consume (completely)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
many people; a large number of people