creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
head over heels; headlong; head first
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
wet nurse; nursing mother
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
princess; daughter of a nobleman
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
that is to say; so that means
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)