stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
reason for being; raison d'être
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
majority group (party, faction)
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
just because; even if; even though
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
burnable garbage; burnable waste
how to use; method for using; way of using
commerce; trade; business
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
feelings; thoughts; meaning
calamity; disaster; accident
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
precocity; early ripening; premature development
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to maintain; to continue to have
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
periodic; regular; routine
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
pointing out; identification
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
to be too numerous; to be too much
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check