entreaty; appeal; petition
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
pride; boast; credit (to)
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
big leakage; uncontained leak
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
shout of victory; cry of triumph
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to burst (open); to break; to split
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
bet; wager; stake; gamble
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to rank with; to rank among
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
distant; remote; isolated
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
drawing a sword; drawn sword
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
fall; drop; descent; coming down