- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
- fishy; not right; amiss
- rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
- to accuse; to charge; to indict
- in total; altogether
- forever; eternal
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- mysticism
- luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
- to think through; to invest effort in thinking about; to consider thoroughly
- an important matter (sth work-related or productive etc)
- one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse; ruined at a stroke; unable to recover after a minor hitch
- to withdraw from; to evacuate
- another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4], the Monkey King's golden cudgel; (fig.) stabilizing force
- passive
- any; arbitrary; at will; at random
- comrade-in-arms; battle companion
- to extend
- assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand
- to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom); to lure an enemy away from his territory
- mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
- inner castle; donjon
- in a flash; in a jiffy
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- 膏 gāo: 膏 gao1: ointment; paste; CL:帖[tie3]膏 gào: 膏 gao4: to moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment); to dip a brush in ink
- fat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
- unexpected; previously unimagined
- to discuss a matter with sb; to get in touch with; to arrange
- to reach agreement
- panic; panicky; panic-stricken
- an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent
- blaze; flame