thereupon; shortly thereafter
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
Dragon King; promoted rook
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
homeless person; tramp; vagrant; vagabond
form of a retreating person's body
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
to intend; to be sure that
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
knowledge applied to evil purposes
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
idiot; retard; idiocy; profound mental retardation
(present) head of a family
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
property; fortune; assets
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous