ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to stare back at; to look back at
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
with these words; while saying
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
both hands; both arms; ten
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
other than; excluding; without
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
to lead someone around by the nose
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
living thing; living creature; animal; life
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
showcase; display case; vitrine
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to take flight; to disappear
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading