seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
staying the night; lodging (at)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
(bringing to a) perfect end; (rounding off with a) crowning achievement; successful conclusion; triumphant finish
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
another; different; separate; discrete
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to get thin; to taper off
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
rather than; more ... than ...
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
to frolic about; to mess around
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
these guys; these fellows
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual