- cheaply-priced; low-cost
- good medicine; effective prescription; fig. good plan; effective strategy
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection
- complementary; to complement each other
- grave; serious; severe; critical
- to adapt (to an environment etc); to make sth suitable; adaptation; adjustment; adaptive
- quintessence; essentials
- doctrine of the mean; moderation in all things
- nature (the natural world)
- oneness of heaven and humanity; the theory that man is an integral part of nature
- to boast; to esteem; to sympathize
- widely known; incontestable; undeniable; to not strive for; to not contend for
- lust; desire; sensual
- necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- to follow; to comply
- 中庸 zhōng yōng: 中庸 zhong1 yong1: golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary中庸 Zhōng yōng: 中庸 Zhong1 yong1: the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]
- to maintain; to keep up; to hold together
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- 省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- to reflect upon oneself; introspection
- as different as can be (idiom); poles apart
- to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism
- to reject; to discard; to get rid of
- condition; state; state of affairs
- to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
- musicality; feel for music
- to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- mournful (sound)
- majestic; sublime
- grave and stern
- solemn and stirring; moving and tragic
- to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- to melt (e.g. an icecap)
- 安宁 ān níng: 安宁 an1 ning2: peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry安宁 ān níng: 安宁 An1 ning2: see 安寧區|安宁区[An1 ning2 Qu1]; see 安寧市|安宁市[An1 ning2 Shi4]
- to take things philosophically
- glossy; sleek; smooth
- plane (flat surface); print media
- not at all surprising (idiom)