trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
one by one; one after another; successively
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
chief; main; principal; important
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck