elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
results; record; grades; marks
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
top university; leading university; first-rate university
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
enterprise; business; company; corporation
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
amount of money; sum of money
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to put one's life on the line
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
delivery; transfer; hand-over
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)