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(v./n.) paint, cover with paint

(idiom.) regular and thorough, methodically arranged

(v./n.) entice, tempt, seduce, lure; temptation, attraction, seduction

(adj.) young; childish, naive

(adj.) stupid

(n.) public voice, public opinion

(adj.) fatuous, benighted, ignorant

(n.) fisherman

(idiom.) multiply daily, grow with each passing day

(n.) universe

(char.) recover | (adv.) (used reiteratively as 越) the more..., (the more...); more and more...

(n.) jade | (radical.) jade | (char.) (lit. of person, especially a woman) fair, beautiful; (term of respect) your

(n.) budget

(adv.) in advance, beforehand

(v./n.) foretell, predict; prophecy, prediction

(n.) fable

(n.) omen

(adj./v.) unjust, unfair; not worthwhile; to treat unjustly, to do sb injustice, to wrongly accuse sb

(n.) plaintiff, prosecutor

(n.) reason, cause

(n.) source, fountain source

(n.) leader (of a country), chief, sovereign

(phr.) music score, text with music

(v.) iron | (char.) see 熨帖

(v.) hold in store, contain

(v.) brew, ferment; make preparations

(v.) (mathematics) perform calculation

(v.) be pregnant with, breed, gestate

(v.) pound, tamp; break, smash; shatter | (v.) (informal) to fail, flop, fall through

(n.) (a type of show) acrobatics

(v.) hybridize

(v.) to cultivate (plant); to educate, to foster, to train (people); to encourage, support or help advance one's career

(v.) to slaughter; to overcharge | (char.) to govern, to rule; prefect, minister (in feudal China)

(idiom.) continue to exert oneself; work ceaselessly and unremittingly

(v.) bring together, collect, assemble | (v.) collect, hoard, accumulate, save

(adv.) for the time being

(v.) gasp in admiration, highly praise

(v.) to support, to sponsor, to patronize

(sep-v.) go through a disaster

(v.) blame, scold, accuse