disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
one or two; a few; small number
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
virgin; innocent young woman
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
is something that; is that which
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
that day; the very same day
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
to cool something down (e.g. by adding water)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
nice; likeable; desirable
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to waver
curtain; hanging; bunting
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that