interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
genuine article; real thing; real deal
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
provisional; temporary; tentative
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
same kind (race); homogeneousness
beforehand; in advance; previously
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to fall flat; to fall face down
happy; cheerful; pleasant
long slits (esp. of eyes)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
preparation; provision; guarding
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
farming; agriculture; cultivation
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to fall off; to tumble down
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
supply; supplying; replenishment
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
deep affection; dear; beloved
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
someone (something) not to be trifled with
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)