arena (e.g. international arena)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
aquatic products; fisheries
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period
silence; stillness; quietness
feng (male Chinese firebird)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)
regular script (of Chinese characters); square style; block style; Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
writing on someone's behalf
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
house located on a street corner; corner house
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to polish up; to shine up
having refined and distinguished features; having a bright face
handsome young man; Adonis
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight