effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
beginning; outset; first; onset
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
father; dad; husband; you; he
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
alone; by oneself; on one's own