to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body
two persons; two people; pair; couple
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
brief (amount of time); short
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to use up all one's strength; to die
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
overheating; overexcitement
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert