- to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others; (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)
- to bend; to violate; to go against; ruthless and tyrannical
- to resemble nature itself; of the highest quality (idiom)
- to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active
- (idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction
- (literary) to make it so; to dictate
- need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- hardworking; assiduous
- intelligent; brilliant
- perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension
- magnanimous
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- to cast or put aside; to forget for a while
- to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby
- indifferent; apathetic; cold
- happy; joyful
- to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- Six Dynasties (220-589)
- Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer
- the whole country in rebellion
- variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
- to survive; to keep on living
- to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
- prologue of play; opening remarks; preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
- noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
- to wipe clean; to scrub; (fig.) to get rid of (a bad reputation, a misconception etc)
- Daoist
- high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position
- to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment
- to practice what one preaches (idiom)
- study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- bold, visionary words
- bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
- cover (of a publication)
- counterrevolutionary