what people say; rumours; public opinion
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to give a broad grin; to smirk
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
affectation; pretense; pretence
displeasure; offense; offence; disliking
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
acquaintanceship; vijnana; consciousness; written by ...
royalty and nobility; noble; aristocrat
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
right (to do something); authority; power
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to subsist; to keep on living
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
husband and wife; married couple
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
else; in addition; besides
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to cease; to stop; to be over
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate