to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
to be glossy; to glisten; to shine with a luster; to look alluring; to be sexy; to be seductive
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
human; human-like; as a person
brothers and sisters; siblings
older sister and younger brother
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
morning; forenoon; just before noon
personal affair; one's own affair
to be too numerous; to be too much
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
though; even if; whether ... or ...
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
cough cough; with a (wet) cough; violently (coughing)
vomiting blood; hematemesis
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure
chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint; bad habit; intractable habit
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively