crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
refreshing rain once in ten days
skin graft; skin transplant
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
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
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
main force; chief object; mainline
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to forget completely; to leave behind