correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
weakening; emaciation; decline
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
meaning; significance; sense
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
utmost limits; extremity; limit
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
by itself; automatically; naturally
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
all night long; all through the night
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
long ago; already; a long time ago
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to smile a smile of satisfaction
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to breathe out; to exhale
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to cease; to stop; to be over