fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
punishment; judgement; judgment
ingratitude; thanklessness
party; set; gang; company; person
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
superior; superiors; senior
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
Milettia japonica (species of flowering plant)
to apologize; to apologise
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
to rally; to make a comeback
inspection; examination; survey
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
feng (male Chinese firebird)
true state; actual condition; reality
practice; practising; experience
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)