poor physical health; bad shape
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
to split; to be split; to splinter
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
sick person; patient; invalid
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
physical condition; state of health
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
nausea; sickness in the stomach
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
depending on; dependent on
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
confusion; distraction; derangement
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
the whole day; all the day
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
outbreak of war; starting a war