- to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
- fake; counterfeit article
- a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
- great cause; great undertaking
- in a moment of desperation
- to draw into; to pull into; to introduce
- to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)
- surplus; profit
- vigorous; exuberant
- to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- to twist (strands) together to form a rope; (fig.) to unite; to work together
- leeward; downwind; disadvantageous position; to concede or give way in an argument
- lit. one doesn't visit a temple without a cause (idiom); fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
- to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- with all of one's heart
- to cause sth to collapse under the weight; (fig.) to overwhelm
- to be on an equal footing
- full; closely packed
- to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom)
- nodding acquaintance; slight familiarity
- land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]); (fig.) sore point; weak spot
- lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
- to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)
- springboard; jumping-off point; gangplank
- profitable to both sides; a win-win situation
- in a mess; upside down
- to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up
- not to fight back; to take it lying down; to show weakness; to show one's softer side
- financial resources; source of revenue
- money grubber; miser
- to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape; new lease of life
- floor-to-ceiling window; French window
- interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers