to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to remove; to move out of the way
any more; any further; any better; any longer
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
that is to say; so that means
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
last night; yesterday evening
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
automatic; intransitive verb
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
document; official papers
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
function; facility; faculty; feature
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
here and there; in places
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment