to spend time (on doing something)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
railroad; railway; rail transport
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
homeward voyage or flight
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being