morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts
near; close; beside; third person
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
change; transformation; inversion
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
world history; international history
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
idealistic thought (argument)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
society; public; community; social studies
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
equivalence; equality; being of equal value; having equal worth
person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)
both; both sides; both parties
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive
the world is at peace; (lit.) bows in bags and swords in sheaths
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
to detain; to check; to restrain