to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
why; how; for what reason
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
tall figure; high stature
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
halo; angel ring; glow of freshly washed or treated hair
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
antiquity; the previous era
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
now that; since; so long as; because
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)