to govern; to manage; to subdue
aggression; invasion; raid
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to cease; to stop; to be over
three days and three nights
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to make a speech; to address
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
bringing; taking; carrying
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
nature; property; disposition
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
is something that; is that which
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to raise one's voice; to shout