jpdb beta

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

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to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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to begin talking; to open up

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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to smash up; to defeat crushingly

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pack of lies; complete fabrication

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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weak person; the weak

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time passes

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wife and children; (arch.) wife

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thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker

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to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

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easy; simple

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to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

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inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

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to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

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wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese

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to cross one's mind; to be reminded

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to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

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lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

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absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

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exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

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to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud

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to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

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unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

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limit; bound

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to say (something) over one's shoulder

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to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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to take a veneer off something

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terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

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Damone

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curl

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three sons; third son

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being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent

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one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

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sense of purpose

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beginning of spring

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the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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everyone

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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interval; break; pause; spare moment

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to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

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