stealthy steps; soft steps
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
official business; public business
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
hidden room; secret chamber
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
plan; protocol; manifest; program
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
main purpose; primary objective
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
leading; guiding; commanding
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
paints; painting material
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
the same rank; equality; apposition
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known