old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
strategist; tactician; schemer
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
not only that, but also; besides that; in addition to that; on top of that; furthermore
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
penalty; sentence; punishment
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
a short while ago; already
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
hometown; rural districts
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to leave as is; to ignore
all people; the whole nation
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued