clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
just a minute; small quantity
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to relapse; to reassert; to review
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
doing as one is told; yes-man
several people; a few people
to tear off; to strip; to rob
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
to order; to command; to appoint
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering