marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
upper half of the body; upper body
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
with a broad grin; smirking
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
simple; simplified; easy; plain
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to comfort; to console; to amuse
as much as one can; as much as possible
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
graduation ceremony; commencement
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
container (e.g. shipping); skip
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph