to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
now that; since; so long as; because
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
accurate; correct; precise; exact
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
overhear; happened to hear that
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself