nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
in history; ever; historical
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
history of; experience of
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to stay (at); to stop (at)
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
armor and helmet (armour)
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
right in the middle (of); midst; height