terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to look forward to something
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
growth period; growing season
confections; sweets; candy; cake
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to eat too much; to overeat
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
such; like that; that sort of; very
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
good feeling; feeling good
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
shellfish; seashell; shell
very popular; highly favoured
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station