acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
prime minister; premier; chancellor
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
impossible to do (although wants to)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
about when; about what time; how soon
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
regional governor in ancient China
secretary (government); director; chief
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
country; territory; domain; realm
most part; greater part; majority
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution