if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
tax exemption; duty exemption
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
failure; mistake; blunder
everything; anything; nothing
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
even though; despite; when
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
too (much); overly; excessively
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once