practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
how; in what way; how about
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
agricultural land; farmland
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
another thing; exception; special case
preparation; provision; guarding
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
chair; stool; post; office; position
trifling; little; few; slight
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
necessary condition; requirement
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
this (very thing); this precisely
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
the same book; the said book; ibid.