regular customer; valued client
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
free (of charge); gratuitous
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
same as above; ditto; ibid.
to say; to tell (somebody); to state
one end; an end; part; fragment
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
progress; advance; improvement; development
rational; reasonable; logical
difficult problem or question
settlement; solution; resolution
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
one person; another name; nickname; alias
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
a few years ago; some years back
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
sulfurous acid; sulphurous acid
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
abuse; misuse; perversion
inferior goods; faulty item