painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
little by little; bit by bit
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to sniff out; to get wind of
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to lose sight of; to miss
amount of material resources
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
the last moment; the very end
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
unidentifiable; unidentified
calm; composed; leisurely
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to soften; to moderate; to relieve