creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
fish balls; fish dumplings
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese herbal medicine)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
medical diet; diet therapy; medical nutrition therapy
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
taking care of oneself; self-love
honour; honor; glory; renown
hiding one's embarrassment
wide-awake to one's interests
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
becoming numb; becoming desensitized
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to cense; to burn incense
do not be surprised; lo and behold; wait for it
unnatural death; violent death
to disappear (gradually); to be vanishing; to fade away; to go out of sight; to die out
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
forgetting; lapse of memory
no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter
feigned; pretending (not to know)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
the place for; the time for; the level of