unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
black kite (Milvus migrans)
serialization; serialisation; serial story
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
depressing ending (to a video game, etc.)
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to wring the neck; to strangle
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
crucial point; perfect chance; golden opportunity
rights to usage of one's likeness
to stop in the middle of a sentence
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
gifted education; special education for gifted children
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
descendant; progeny; offspring
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
very loud volume; megavolume
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
posterity; future generations
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)