softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
main question; real issue at hand
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
solely; entirely; only; or
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
to be able to manage somehow or another
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
president (of a society); chairman
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
cooperation; collaboration
society; the world; the times
beforehand; in advance; previously
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
pull; patronage; tug; discount
way of speaking; intimation
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
reset; fresh start; new beginning
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to move forward; to move on
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable