shield, buckler, pretext
miserly, stingy, sparing
yen, circle, round
enclose, surround, encircle
maple
bird, captive, capture
gather
garlic
belt
bullock, fabulous monster
despatch boat
sluice, flood gate, canal lock
privy hole
the zebu, humped-ox
satiety
Japanese noodles
stern of a vessel
palate, roof of mouth
sip, slurp, suck
strong
exhausted, out of
drink
lines
eulogy
alight, land, throat
rhyme, vowel
between the skin and the flesh
be angry
to fry in fat or oil, to scald, to seethe
to stew, simmer, banked fire
laugh, ridicule
hoarse
bright, shining, brilliant
malignant deity, baleful, noxious
raging fire
lament, grieve, sigh
weep, ah, alas
weld, solder
archer's arm protector
hearth
fish trap
forge metal, perfect one's skill
warm
ancient musical instrument
brilliant red, glowing
variegated, striped, marbled
hail
softening, mitigation
pheasant
district in Shaohsing, Chekiang
osprey
high, steep
fall
narrow, obstruct
valley with a stream in it, gorge
intercalation, illegitimate throne, (ghost kanji)
noisy
water gate, lock
look of rumpled feathers, bedraggled, hasty
Yunnan province