up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
to work hard; to make an effort
female friend; woman friend
successively; one after another
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
three days and three nights
staying the night; lodging (at)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
guess; speculation; supposition
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
support; backing; patronage
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
lying face down; upside down; prone
roaming; drifting about; wandering
moment; brief space of time
opinion; point of view; visual point
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)