command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
(conductor's) baton; stick; perforated baton; bâton de commandement; bâton percé
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to take command; to give direction
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
a long time ago; long ago
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
sense organ; sensory organ
abstract or impracticable theory
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
to ignore (a fault, misstep, issue, etc.); to disregard; to overlook; to pass over; to let go unquestioned
the same rank; equality; apposition
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
great scholar; profound scholar
dictation; verbal statement
serialization; serialisation; serial story
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
river; stream; River; the ... river
(arch.) three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
collection of books; (personal) library
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
hokora; small wayside shrine
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(innocent) mind of a child; childish mind