advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
dozens; scores of; decades
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
in the end; at the end of the day
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to overflow from something full
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding