difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to be discouraged; to shrink from
study; pursuit of knowledge
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
someone (important); person of importance
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
governor (of an ancient Chinese province)
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
(ribbon of) an official seal
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
surroundings; environs; circumference
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
different opinion; objection
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
mountain chain; mountains
small number; few; minority
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
left-hand radical of a character
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance