person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
to finish reading; to read through
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
one-by-one; separately; in detail
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to set up shop; to open a store
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to employ; to hire; to charter
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)