hidden treasure; treasured article
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
other than; excluding; without
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
depravity; corruption; degradation
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
common front; united front
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
Ark of the Covenant (Judaism); tabernacle (Catholicism)
great war; great battle; world war
genuine; authentic; true; real
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
under control (e.g. of territory)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate