- bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition)
- member of religious order; frater
- to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain
- Western Europe
- to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation
- hegemony; supremacy
- to take countermeasures against; to hit back; to counter
- to go on a journey; to leave
- to start on a journey; to be on one's way
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- dabbler; smatterer; tactless and impulsive person
- (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities
- to lose one's splendor; to lose luster; to be eclipsed; to be overshadowed
- prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- years of age; age
- to parade one's wealth; to be ostentatious and extravagant
- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- to finish; to end; to complete
- to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
- lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job; entirely in one's element; going smoothly and easily
- pure; clean; unmixed
- to cause; to result in
- dry; parched; dull; insipid
- to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
- to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- synchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with
- to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
- homosexual; gay person
- usefulness; effectiveness; (economics) utility
- (bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
- 密 Mì: 密 Mi4: surname Mi; name of an ancient state密 mì: 密 mi4: dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- elder brother
- to have a taste of; to sample
- Oxford (city in England)
- more than one can attend to (idiom); deluged (with inquiries etc); overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)
- party; delegation