- large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- sun; sunlight; sunshine; temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2])
- Lester or Leicester (name); Leicester, English city in East Midlands
- manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
- Seattle, city in Washington State
- United States; USA; US
- museum piece; collector's item; precious object
- correct; sound; right; proper
- to evaluate; to assess
- despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- great person
- the present age; the contemporary era
- ought to; should; must
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- especially; particularly
- handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
- motive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
- fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- energy
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to confirm; to verify; confirmation
- already
- complete; whole; totally; entirely
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- apparently; it seems that
- no more; no longer
- any; whatever; whichever
- to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions
- immediately
- to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed
- once more; once again
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- (idiom) as everyone knows
- zealotry; fanatical; feverish
- to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
- some; certain (things)
- to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
- peak; summit; fig. high point; masterpiece
- to clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise
- on the one hand
- funny news item; interesting anecdote
- sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- long and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
- preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
- to inform; to notify