to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
previous mention; mentioning previously
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
ritual; religious service; festival
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Bulgaria; spirited; rising; sudden; abrupt
to investigate; to examine
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
guidance; protective custody
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
false accusation; slander; calumny
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
arm; skill; efforts; ability
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
thousands; several thousand
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
annexation; merger; swallowing up
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
individual; private person; personal; private
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
survival; survivor; relic
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
house built on sand; house of cards
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)