to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
supplement; appendix; addendum
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
danger; peril; hazard; risk
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
hey; listen; look here; I say
why; how; for what reason
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
unit of five (in tallies, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
posture; position; stance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun