achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
beating time with one's foot
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
pleasant person; attractive person; animal liked by all because of its cuteness
merits (influence) of one's pious acts or religious practice
how many people; a number of people
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
weather forecast; weather report
perception; sensing; noticing
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to begin; to set about; to start
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
discrimination; discernment; identification
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
drifting; drift; being adrift
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
original intention; initial resolution
to throw on the fire; to burn
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus