important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
verge of death; dying moments
(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
leader; central personage
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
one party; one faction; one clique
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
at precisely that time; at exactly that moment; just then; right then
being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances
end; tip; extremities; terminal
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
great trouble; difficulty
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
mountain stronghold; shanzhai; counterfeit goods (esp. Chinese)
to pass on an order; to pass the word
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil