abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
height (of body); stature
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
disorder; confusion; chaos
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
accession to the throne; enthronement
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
(your, his, her) daughter
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
chief vassal; senior statesman
both groups; both factions
axle; pivot; center (of power, activity); central point; the Axis (WWII alliance)
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