method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
matter of time; question of time
for example; for instance; e.g.
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
foundation stone; cornerstone
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
that; the matter in question
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
just because; even if; even though
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
heir; inheritor; successor
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember