sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
along; parallel to; in accordance with
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
geographic features; divination based on the lay of the land
living person; the living
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
optical fiber; optical fibre
fused silica; fused quartz; quartz glass; silica glass
fresco (technique of blending wet plaster with water-based paint); (laboratory) flask
fascicle; fiber bundle; fibre bundle
outside world; physical world
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
slim; slender; slight; delicate
mutation; change; transition
(circuit) tester; micrometer
to startle; to surprise; to astonish; (lit.) to make (someone) say "oh!"
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
light color; light colour
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
strong-willed; strong of heart
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)