northwestern part; the northwest
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
southeastern part; the southeast
to leave as is; to ignore
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
straggling; falling behind; being left behind; falling behind the ranks; falling out of line
to settle (in a place); to settle down
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
tall building; high-rise building
rest; break; recess; intermission
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
in the mountains; among the mountains
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
at first; in the beginning; originally
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
minimum; at the very least
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
heaps of corpses all around
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem