distant; remote; isolated
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
familiar spirit; familiar
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
gold vein; gold-bearing reef
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
greedy; avaricious; covetous
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
hidden money; secret funds; hidden gold
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to try all possible means
interest; rights; concession
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
mining; digging; working (a mine)
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
in succession; one by one
force of a fire; force of flames
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be rich; to be wealthy
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
small number; few; minority
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
eruption; volcanic eruption
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
men and women of all ages
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil