first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
commander; general; leader
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
inheritance; something given or received
relatively; comparatively
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
ability; capability; skill
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
two times; twice; two degrees
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into