to tear up and throw away
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to think of; to come up with
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
sanity; consciousness; soberness
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
study; learning; tutorial
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
way of talking; speaking style
light; faint; pale; fleeting
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
to jump at; to be attracted by
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
verbal message; word (from someone)
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself