common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
jumping about; rampancy; domination
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
in that way; like that; that way
distinction; discrimination
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat