one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
moron; idiot; stupid person
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to push (something) against
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
(not) even once; (not) ever
to be too late; to be too slow
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
many; much; plenty; hardly
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
muddy water; red-light district
to mix; to blend; to combine
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
visual confirmation; sighting
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)