just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
such; like that; in that way
to take flight; to disappear
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
as before; as ever; as it was originally
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
three generations; three periods; third generation
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out