to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to surge; to well up; to gush out
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to become vulgar; to coarsen
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
muddy water; red-light district
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
pressure; oppression; suppression