gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
all companies; each company
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to look around; to look towards (us)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
excursion; field trip; school trip
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
preparation; arrangements
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
to scrape off; to shave off
seafood cooked whole so that it retains its original form
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin; to be concaved; to have a concave shape
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received; massive success; huge hit
to waste time; to kill time
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish