neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp
mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
minority group (party); minority
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
growing child's hearty appetite
next; next person; (arch.) room adjoining a noble's parlor
idling one's life away; living to no purpose
to worry; to fret; to be anxious
song one likes to sing; (one's) favourite song
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
pupil; disciple; follower
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts
reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; browsing (to a file or folder)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
scholar beholden to the government; self-serving academic; scholar who toadies up to government authorities
transcription; copying; handwriting (as a school subject); penmanship
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning