at first; in the beginning; originally
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
retrogression; regression
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
does not match (one's, its) appearance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
unlucky quarter (southwest)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
eccentric; crank; oddball
illegitimate child; secret love child
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged