mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
very hungry; starving; ravenous
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to subsist; to keep on living
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to establish; to formulate
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
just a handful; only a small number (of)
big man; large man; tall man; giant
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
religious organization; religious organisation
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
confidentially; privately; off the record
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter