caller; visitor; company; guest
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to call each other; to call out to one another
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
dullard; indecisive person
boy; son; baby boy; young man
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
from the viewpoint of; according to
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
right side; right-hand side
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to jump upon (a moving object)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
suspicion (of others); jealousy
to take (be in) charge of
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.