to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
what's what; heads or tails
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
side effect; adverse reaction
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun