exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
to incur someone's enmity
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
rational; logical; coherent
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
one house; the same house
place for relaxation and refreshment
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
single-mounted gun (naval turret, tank, etc.)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
scattered; separated; dispersed
180 degrees; complete change
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)