giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
without; but if; otherwise; or else
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
not worth considering; out of the question
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
convenient; handy; useful
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
being filled with; being full of; permeation
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
summer clothes; summer wear; summer uniform
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)