road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
sales promotion; hard selling
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
the art of war; strategy; tactics
inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound
remote control; remote operation
step; stride; counter for steps
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to stay (at); to stop (at)
store brand; straight bond; station break; full-back (in soccer); social business
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
to take (all of) into consideration
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend
the three worms (in Taoism); worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
while; even though; despite
7th day of the month; seven days
reopening; resumption; restarting
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
supply; provision; raising; procurement
sports ground; playing field; playground
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
one by one; one each; one at a time
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly