- stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story
- killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player
- to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- (onom.) thump; clunk (e.g. of footsteps or impact); (fig.) a sudden emotional jolt; heart skipping a beat
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- several times
- complexion; look
- to go on a mental journey
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to hold a grudge
- to take note of; to pay attention to
- stiff; rigid
- apparently; it seems that
- murderous spirit; aura of death; to vent one's anger
- (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place
- to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
- to provide one's own...; own; self-provided; self-contained
- (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things
- to be clueless; to have no plan
- victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
- proud; arrogant
- formidable opponent
- mold; matrix; pattern or die
- (dialect) to look at
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- strange; weird
- in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
- to find the time to do sth
- to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
- expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- occasionally; from time to time
- pressing; threatening
- in twos and threes
- to be familiar with; to know well
- face
- to ask for directions; to ask the way (to some place)
- small scale; small size
- each other; mutually; mutual
- recent developments; current situation