origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
full breasts; large breasts; ample breasts; breast augmentation
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
with a click; with a snap
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
while; during (the time when)
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to shake; to sway; to waver
to dye; to colour; to color
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cleavage (between breasts)
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
choker (type of necklace)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring