bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
food and drink; eating and drinking
swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
swallow's nest; swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
advance; moving forward; progress
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
in pieces; in scraps; fragmentary (e.g. knowledge); scrappy; insignificant; unimportant
radical; extreme; eccentric
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness