- natural mother; birth mother
- foster mother; adoptive mother
- mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest
- lawful; legitimate; legal
- (coll.) stepmother
- fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress
- talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
- in broad daylight
- guest room; room (in a hotel)
- nanny; babysitter; housekeeper
- to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
- washbowl; basin for washing hands and face; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (onom.) crashing sound
- dissipated; rotten; decaying
- to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling
- dried out; wizened; shriveled
- joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
- for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
- to weep endlessly; interminable wailing
- however; but; yet
- to scratch (an itch); to tickle
- to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- to divorce
- lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
- loser
- to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth; to fall out of love with sb
- to kneel down
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure; the situation is hopeless
- plain boiled water
- level of heat; (fig.) zeal; fervor; (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat)
- tedious
- to be moved; to be tempted
- lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom); fig. to be principled and incorruptible
- word stock; lexicon
- clause
- to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street
- (idiom) carefree; without worries
- main point; essential
- pain and difficulties; suffering (of the people)
- to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings)