to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
inheritance; something given or received
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
rest; break; recess; intermission
reopening; resumption; restarting
beginning; opening; start; outset
violent explosion; bursting
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)
raising (a question); posing (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); lodging; (arch.) lifting up
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)
Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)
stronghold; citadel; base (of operations); headquarters
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal