lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to force one's way; to push through
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to put one's strength into
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to slide into; to slip into
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery; to have a sheen; to be slimy
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
discovery; detection; finding
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong
the full scope of the heavens; 360 degrees; one full revolution of Earth; twelve years; one full cycle of the Chinese calendar
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
general; popular; common; typical
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
Governor vessel (traditional Chinese medicine); Du Meredian; Dumaixue
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts