to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to turn towards; to point
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
social status; social position
considerably; fairly; quite
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
private funds; own funds; private property
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to sigh; to breathe a sigh