vitality; (one's) life force
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to subsist; to keep on living
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
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.)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
way of talking; speaking style
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
(within a) territory; domains
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
advance; moving forward; progress
(present) head of a family
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)