to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
woman; female; feminine gender
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
history of; experience of
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
government office; public office
one way or the other; either way
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
it is I who should say so
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
way; method; means; resource; course
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago