interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
failure; mistake; blunder
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to keep a watchful eye on
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
difference; variation; difference
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
close to the wall; alongside the wall
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
(total) number (of people or things); count; quota
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to play a central role; to take a leading part
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)