How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
examination paper; examination script; answer sheet; answer (to an exam question)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
meaning; significance; sense
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
unseasonable; out of season
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly