barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
rattan chair; cane chair; wicker chair
relatively cheap; relatively inexpensive; on the cheap side; lowish (price)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
thickly; heavily; profusely; through and through; to the core; proper
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
reduction (of a moyo or influence); reducing move
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
garden plant; garden tree; potted plant
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
common reed (Phragmites australis)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam