Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to revere; to respect; to worship
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
major incident; major happening; big scandal
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
conviction; belief; confidence
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
but; however; provided that
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
world; society; people; the public
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
hostility; animosity; enmity
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
hostility; antagonism; opposition
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
breakthrough; great discovery
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
secret base; hideout; hidden position