to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
to throw at; to turn; to raise
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to leave as is; to ignore
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
contradiction; inconsistency
explanation; interpretation
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
letting (someone) die without helping
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to thrust before; to thrust at
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
silence; stillness; quietness
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to increase; to add to; to augment
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
something like ...; something called ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
belief; faith; conviction