plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
strategy meeting; council of war
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
for example; for instance; e.g.
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
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)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable