to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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
secret; private; surreptitious
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
speculation; thinking; meditation
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to bring; to take; to bring about
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
possessed of a strong sense of duty