to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
right under; directly below; right beneath
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
chain; series; connection; linkage
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
unimpressive; unimpressed
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
emotional strength; force of will
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
striking; remarkable; considerable
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
usefulness; utility; being orderly; being proper
summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation
just managing; with great difficulty
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)