(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
(not) even once; (not) ever
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
blood relationship; blood relative
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
half the body; half length
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
death from disease; death from illness
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
ten; 10; ten years of age
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
many; numerous; various; large number of
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
study; library; den; home office; reading room