to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
if it is the case that ...
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to take someone's life; to kill someone
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
first generation; founder
to take; to catch; to capture
main cause; primary factor
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
village; hamlet; countryside; country
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship