management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
business; trade; operations; sales
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
polite; courteous; hospitable
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others