- (idiom) one after another; in quick succession
- an epic; poetic saga
- sample; specimen
- from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently
- only; nothing else
- to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
- to give up
- to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms
- strong; intense
- persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- to pull out; to select; to promote
- silly; stupid
- no use; no good
- (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous
- to mail; to send by post
- at the same time; meanwhile
- to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
- to deal with; to cope
- lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet
- elbow; pork shoulder
- to save; to assist; to rescue
- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
- to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
- to bill and coo (idiom); to whisper sweet nothings to one another; to be very much in love
- foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
- to take rash action
- to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
- friendship; friendly relations
- to split up; to break all ties
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later
- funds; a sum of money; CL:宗[zong1]
- at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
- to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump
- wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline
- to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
- Lincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make