to imitate; to follow; to emulate
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
to have a reason; to have an excuse
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
court (of law); courtroom
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to be silent; to say nothing
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to repeat; to do something over again
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
second offense; second offence
release; liberation; acquittal
nonprosecution; nonindictment
ago; since; before; previous
so what!; who gives a damn?
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed