to make light of; to ignore; to slight
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
independent state; independent nation
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to accompany; to go with; to go together