- to turn sth over; to overturn
- more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
- to guess
- literal; typeface
- main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme
- to withdraw (cash from an ATM)
- numerous and complicated
- immediately; suddenly
- clear; well-defined; limpid
- lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom); fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter
- (military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
- lit. to directly attack Huanglong; fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
- to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
- closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
- entire text; full text
- to leap forward; to make rapid progress; a leap forward
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- ivory tower
- with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly
- to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance
- in short; in a word; in brief
- useful
- pessimistic
- things are not as good as they used to be
- to sneer
- to quote; to cite
- lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom); fig. all kinds of emotions; to mock and scold; (of writing) freely roving; following the author's fancy
- to reveal; to publish; to make public; to announce
- trend; tendency
- a frame; a circle; set pattern; convention; restriction
- initial; preliminary; tentative
- a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
- to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle