to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
birth; creation; formation
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to be too numerous; to be too much
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
celebratory banquet; feast
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to look away; to avert one's eyes
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
how many years; how long; what year