- mature reflection; after careful deliberations
- to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
- bad luck; misfortune; adversity
- repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly
- seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
- trade and commerce
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
- lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom); fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
- at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal
- greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
- (idiom) to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness
- cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)
- large inscribed stele; fig. great achievement; imperishable masterpiece
- Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
- to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)
- it would appear; it seems (that)
- without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
- no trace of politeness; unrestrained (criticism)
- ashes
- crown prince
- 悉数 xī shù: 悉数 xi1 shu4: all; every single one; the entire sum悉数 xī shǔ: 悉数 xi1 shu3: to enumerate in detail; to explain clearly
- savage act; outrage; atrocity
- to criticize harshly; to denounce; to attack viciously
- to create something from nothing (idiom)
- to divulge secrets
- treason
- to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment
- department head; section chief
- the imperial family; royal kin
- to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
- to spend the summer; to take a summer vacation