- to faint
- to bury alive
- to vow loyalty and devotion to
- residence of a high-ranking official
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- grave; tomb
- luckily; by a fluke
- to be shocked; to be appalled; to be terrified
- to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost
- to be trapped; to be imprisoned
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
- bailiff
- to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)
- maiden stage role; first performance; first public showing
- to press close to; to snuggle close; intimate
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]
- to think over; to consider; consideration
- from start to finish (idiom)
- to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open
- commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently
- ordinary person; mortal; earthling
- to set up; to install
- unilateral; one-sided
- to link up (disparate elements); coherent (narrative, argument etc)
- peak; pinnacle; ultimate
- to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing
- to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
- narcissism
- to injure; to harm
- to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline
- rash; impetuous; irritable
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- unjust; unfair
- ice-cold
- to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish
- clean; neat
- to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- to place high hopes
- to gain nothing; to end up empty-handed
- to wreak havoc; to devastate