simply; merely; only; solely
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
headset (for phones, etc.)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
guard; security (officer); guardsman
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to be in danger of; to be liable to
tone (of voice); manner of talking
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
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
originally; by nature; from the start
historic; historical; traditional
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
course; route; path; process; means
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to bring; to take; to bring about
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to be damaged; to receive damage