- like a wisp of smoke; (to disappear etc) in an instant
- wasteland
- (bound form) curtain; tent; canopy
- generous gifts
- can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- a bunch; to tie together; bundle
- to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- to run one's eyes over; to sweep one's eyes over
- Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
- lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom); fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
- noble; lofty; refined; exquisite
- personality; integrity; dignity
- art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
- in any case; no matter what
- to deepen
- impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- ample reward; to reward generously
- (literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
- subtle
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- war; to wage war
- full stop; period (punct.)
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- decisive; conclusive
- to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
- to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
- disharmony; to become estranged
- (literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
- the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude
- thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive
- to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)
- wound; injury; trauma
- in good condition; undamaged; intact
- to complete; to accomplish
- to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
- to permit; to allow
- to give; to deliver; to hand over
- to get; to obtain