needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
certainly; surely; definitely
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to wave a flag; to show the way
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
looking on (somebody) as hostile
perception; sensing; noticing
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
on bad terms; at loggerheads
maxwell (unit of magnetic flux)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
Dragon King; promoted rook
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
secret art; the mysteries
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
hidden treasure; treasured article
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
reaching; attaining; arrival