kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
color scheme; colour scheme
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
charming; fascinating; attractive
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
looks; personal appearance; features
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
Hakka; subgroup of Han Chinese living esp. in southeastern China
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one large ...; a great ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
in this manner; in this way; like this
dawning (of a new era); dawn
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
generation; the world; the age
close; intimate; on good terms
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
dispute; argument; contention
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
property; fortune; assets
to inherit; to succeed; to take over