bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
pride; boast; credit (to)
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
one's family; family member
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
draw (in competition); tie game
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
emotional scars; mental trauma
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to lose a quarrel; to lose an argument; to be talked down