to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
consecutive; continuous; successive
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
dealing with; coping with
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
insertion; incorporation; infixing
depiction; description; portrayal
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
characteristic; feature; special quality
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
author; writer; novelist; artist
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
when it comes to; concerning
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
open air; outdoors; outside
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
clergyman; churchman; clergy
opinion; point of view; visual point