circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
infant; baby; little child
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
last night; yesterday evening
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
to have a talk; to tell a story
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
light brown; golden brown
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
seasoning; flavour; flavor
imagination; supposition; guess
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
one's share; one's portion
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
about when; about what time; how soon