work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
under control (e.g. of territory)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
equality; impartiality; evenness
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
here and there; in places
to crouch; to squat; to cower
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
society; public; community; social studies
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
consists of; comprises; is made up of
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
looking or acting as if one owned the place
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
on the occasion of; at the time of
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
both hands; both arms; ten
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)