timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
sympathy; compassion; pity
dated; date; fixed; external
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
writing; composition; essay; sentence
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
quiet and secluded life; quiet retreat; idle life
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
evening; last night; yesterday evening
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
to run out (e.g. of the room)
another family; another house
servant; manservant; menial
living room (Western style); sitting room
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
solitude; loneliness; isolation
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
black rope used to bind criminals; being bound in prison
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution