Son of God; child of an emperor
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
government service; official position; civil service
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
raising an army; launching business
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
the reason is ...; it is because ...
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back