to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
together; mutually; fellow
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
in case of; at that time; at this time
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
distance in sword combat where approaching one more step allows hitting one's opponent
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
to become pale; to turn pale
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to stand upright with arms and/or legs spread; to dodge
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
in the end; at the end of the day
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly