lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
omen; fortune; effect (e.g. of prayers; as the result of intense training); efficacy
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
hills and fields; hill and dale
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
handsome young man; Adonis
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
this (very thing); this precisely
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
chemical substance; chemical
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
raw materials; ingredient
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
mercury sulfide (esp. mercuric sulfide, HgS, but also mercurous sulfide, Hg2S) (sulphide)
producing area; place of origin; home (of a plant or animal); habitat; birthplace (of a person)
head temple of a Buddhist sect
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
principal raw material; main raw material
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
base; basis; bedrock; platform
to hide; to keep to oneself
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
chemical composition; chemical component
medicine; (pharmaceutical) drug; medical treatment; medical practice and dispensing of drugs
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
assertion; declaration; affirmation
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless