neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
very great; enormous; serious
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
very likely; very probable
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to starve (someone) to death
within; inside of; less than
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
a lot; plenty; abundant; exaggerated; grandiose
classical form of martial art
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to ride on a person's shoulders; to be carried on a person's back
even though; despite; when
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into