candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
agricultural country; agrarian nation
official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc.
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
tone (of voice); manner of talking
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
superstition; superstitious belief
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
number one; first; best; most; game; round
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
suddenly; all of a sudden
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to have an eye on; to zero in on
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand