to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
portable shrine (carried in festivals); buttocks; lower back; waist
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
maintenance; preservation; improvement
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
literary talent; clever style
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
birth; creation; formation
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
editor (in publishing, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
firmly rooted; deep-seated
adherent; devotee; believer
reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till