Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
dozens; scores of; decades
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
starvation; famine; hunger
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
charge; grounds; suspicion
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
microscopic; infinitesimal
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
start; beginning; first step; clue
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
rather; better; instead; if anything
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to deal with a situation; to take charge of an affair
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend