heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
turning point; transition phase
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
management; administration; operation
one end; an end; part; fragment
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
needless to say; it goes without saying that
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
capable of anything; liable to do
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
long ago; already; a long time ago
and so; therefore; for that reason
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
second-year student; biennial
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
code name (of a product under development)
official name; formal name
large quantity; large amount
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
interior; inside; internal
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
continuation; succession; series
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)