ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to become better; to improve
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
river; stream; River; the ... river
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
in the same way as; just like
for the first time in one's life
traditional Chinese medicine
digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to subsist; to keep on living
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)