on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
selection; choice; option
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to repeat; to be frequent
to keep away; to keep at a distance
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
another species; other species
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
place; room; margin; scope
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to have an eye on; to zero in on
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
root; joint; base; crotch
two times; twice; two degrees
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark