village headman; village mayor
meeting place; assembly hall
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
special; particular; peculiar; unique
same generation; one's generation
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
how others look at you; what others think about you
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
double; twice (as much); twofold
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve