- to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke
- you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation); below the foot
- to conscript; to second (personnel); to requisition (supplies etc)
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
- to be determined to; to insist on
- to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down
- writing; to write; to compile
- soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
- to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
- to gather; to collect
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- to annotate; to add marginal comments on; criticism; marginalia
- 煞 shà: 煞 sha4: fiend; demon; very; (Tw) SARS (loanword)煞 shā: 煞 sha1: to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage
- to compare oneself; to view oneself as
- to explain
- to act stupid; to pretend to be naive
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)
- to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
- Zang Kejia (1905-2004), Chinese poet
- to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
- to confine; to imprison; prohibition; shackles; fetters
- the Earth's crust
- stagnant water; backwater
- to hate and resent; angry and full of grievances
- to hope for; to long for; to expect
- to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
- substantially; by a wide margin
- to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease