black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
orders; instructions; directive; command
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
chima; long skirt traditionally worn by Korean women
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
practice; practising; experience
reason; cause; circumstances
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
girl; lass; young thing; chick
brat; greenhorn; novice; green youth; child
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
as before; as ever; as it was originally
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
I see; that's right; indeed
self-consciousness; self-awareness
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
overlap; duplication; doubling
silence; stillness; quietness