functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
to be impressed; to greatly admire
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
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
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
voice quality; type of voice
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
arrangement; pact; agreement
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
final warning; ultimatum; last notice
extermination; annihilation
formal; official; ceremonious
troupe; theatrical company
both armies; both teams; both sides
ground levelling (leveling); laying the groundwork; making preparations; roller; road leveller
one's own army; one's own team
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
spirit; heart; disposition
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
outbreak of war; starting a war
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to wave a flag; to show the way
token (effort); something done for form's sake
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis
member of one's in-group (e.g. family member, colleague)