- to look into (a matter)
- sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax
- to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)
- outward appearance
- (bound form) Chinese-style unlined garment; gown
- high aims
- unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions
- to curse
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- on the other hand; another aspect
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- to feel sad
- to give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
- to give a favor (used of Christian God)
- even if; even though; right away; immediately
- to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas
- (idiom) disciples; followers
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
- venerable
- to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect
- pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb
- withered
- to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
- muzzle of a gun
- prey; quarry
- a deliberate show of strength as a warning
- to disseminate
- winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
- (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain
- before the present; (a long period) ago
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
- perhaps; maybe
- thunderclap
- literary inquisition; official persecution of intellectuals for their writing