- greatly disappointed
- lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like
- to sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in
- to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)
- vigor; strength; vitality
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
- to guess; to conjecture
- cavern; cave
- to praise; to acclaim; reputation
- to pay back a score; to get revenge; to requite
- to avenge; vengeance
- eager to win; competitive; aggressive
- to show off; to try to be brave
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- (idiom) to integrate knowledge from various sources into a deep and coherent understanding of a subject
- (idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
- to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder
- to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
- earth; soil; mud; clay
- to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
- sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair
- brilliant plan; ingenious method; perfect solution
- addiction; craving
- 憎恶 zēng wù: 憎恶 zeng1 wu4: to loathe; to detest; to abhor憎恶 zēng è: 憎恶 zeng1 e4: to hate evil
- deviant path; evil ways
- upper part of the body; to put on (clothes on the upper body); (of a spirit, disease, misfortune etc) to afflict one; to possess one
- to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- practical joke; prank; to play a practical joke
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- origin; root (cause)
- swordsmanship
- since ancient times; since times immemorial