meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
conflict; fighting each other
active people; doers; people who get things done
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines
absence; disregard; indifference
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
reigning; controlling; dictating
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
possession; retention; maintenance
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to use up all one's strength
no sleep or rest; working day and night
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to lose heart; to lose motivation
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to entrust; to leave to a person
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
in a little bit; after a short while
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia