- to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
- to treasure; to value; to cherish
- to confirm; to corroborate; to verify; proof; evidence
- opinion; view; understanding
- fine jade
- wine cup
- great merit; great service
- meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
- to confer a title an official position
- respected; respectable; honorable
- to observe; to take it all in
- pornography; sex
- to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
- to love dearly; to dote on (sb)
- police; police officer
- excessively tolerant; to overindulge (sb); overly conciliatory; to seek appeasement at any price
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- to comment; a point by point commentary
- guilty
- to pardon; to absolve; to exempt from punishment
- high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position
- innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)
- wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
- to be alarmed; to be frightened
- (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest
- lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea)
- to stop; to obstruct
- 下水 xià shui: 下水 xia4 shui5: offal; viscera; tripe下水 xià shǔi: 下水 xia4 shui3: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot
- physical strength; physical power
- sumptuous meal; banquet
- nature; disposition; innate; natural
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- brutal
- the objects indicated; as pointed out
- reason; rationality; rational