to tower over the surroundings
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
supply; provision; raising; procurement
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
without eating or drinking
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
food; food products; foodstuffs
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
each; (arch.) you (plural)
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
consumption; expenditure; spending
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
27th day of the month; 27 days
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
military exploits; military feats; military achievements; distinguished military service
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance