quenching; hardening; tempering
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
genuine article; real thing; real deal
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
social; societal; societary
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
power; authority; jurisdiction
very much; exceedingly; extremely
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
shopping; purchased goods
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning