- (but) then again; (but) on the other hand
- definition; to delimit
- partner; companion; comrade
- strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
- to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- to go the same way
- crossing; intersection (of roads)
- to wave (one's hand)
- overture
- lengthy (report or speech)
- to arrange; to spread out; to narrate in detail; to describe at great length; to elaborate
- undeniable; uncontroversial
- expressive power
- (literary) (of a liquid or vapor etc) to permeate; to saturate; to suffuse; (literary) (fig.) to be steeped; to be immersed (in an environment, field of study, emotion etc)
- happy; joyful
- the ways of the world
- elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]
- lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom); fig. pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled times
- Buddhism; Buddhist
- to harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind
- lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); fig. emotions
- not necessarily; not likely
- spectator; non-participant
- to make heavier; to emphasize; (of an illness etc) to become more serious; to aggravate (a bad situation); to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
- wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered
- to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching
- lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief
- pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet
- lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
- a good deal of; quite a lot
- old man
- amazing; terrific; extraordinary
- Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (141-87 BC)
- fluid glance
- to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to
- to surrender
- something that everybody knows
- straightforward