- to witness personally
- verdant
- skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- copper (chemistry); see also 銅|铜[tong2]
- plain white cloth; calico
- sports shoes; sneakers
- in this world; under the sun
- delicate; squeamish; finicky
- fervent
- to appear suddenly
- full bloom of youth
- written in a forceful hand; penetrating; profound
- to fall to the ground
- 搂 lōu: 搂 lou1: to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc); to grab (money); to extort搂 lǒu: 搂 lou3: to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms
- half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb
- beautiful; graceful
- to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise
- swelling water
- one's heart filled with; full of (joy)
- rancor; hatred; bitterness; resentfulness
- to fall in love; to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art)
- vastly different; poles apart
- cowardly; weak
- to be afraid
- slander; libel; to malign; to disparage
- younger female cousin through a female relative
- well-built (physique); strong and muscular
- wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to
- vitality; dynamism
- dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- to strive for favor
- trembling; swaying; flickering; tottering; faltering
- to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces