to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
to be exhausted; to be worn out
ability; performance; efficiency
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
loitering on the way; wayside grass
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to keep a watchful eye on
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
crash; smash; crunch; bang
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop; chop (in tennis or table tennis); chop stroke
soft skin (esp. of a woman)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
cap (hat); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
of tender years; very young
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world