- to be situated at; to find oneself at
- the way one is following; outlet
- to be born under an ill star
- can it be possible that; could it be
- deceitful in many ways (idiom); wily and mischievous; full of craft and cunning
- to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
- to stamp one's feet
- to face upwards; to look up to the sky
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
- local; this locality
- to pass by or through
- clothes
- messy; disarrayed; disheveled
- to cross a river
- to cross over; to pass through
- upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream
- to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through
- flood peak
- personal safety
- to have a try
- deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
- lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
- as a rule; as usual; usually
- progressively; step by step
- to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]
- experience; to go through; to experience
- hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
- lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); fig. to surrender without a fight
- Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- circumstances
- cavalier; offhand; reckless
- rotten idea
- to thwart; to obstruct (sth)
- to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
- kindness; good intentions