to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
ostentation; show; affectation
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
ancient time; age of the gods
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
descendant; posterity; offspring
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
event; phenomenon; matter
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
in history; ever; historical
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
rewriting (book); renewal; transfer of ownership
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
generation; lifetime; age
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
feelings; thoughts; meaning
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to go too far; to go to excess