to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic
to cash; to change gold or silver into money
clasp knife; folding knife
to reduce by fifty percent; half-price
to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
to turn back; to retrace one's steps
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
to frustrate; to inhibit; to make things difficult
to snap sth off; to break
depreciation; (of property, cars, etc) to depreciate
to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
to not deserve (one's good fortune etc)
to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship
to persecute; to torture; torture; to torment; suffering; abuse
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
to convert (between currencies)
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments); polygonal line; dog leg
welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
to atone for a crime; to compensate
to fold the corner of a page; to dog-ear
reflex (angle); to turn back
a clasp knife; a folding knife
folding chair; deck chair
(lit.) to stop the enemy at the banquet table; (fig.) to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort
to die young or prematurely; to come to a premature end; to be aborted prematurely
to give a discount; discount
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
winding; (fig.) complicated
(horizontal-starting right angle character stroke)
crease; fold; ripple; lap
(downwards-starting right angle character stroke)
shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
fracture; to break (a bone) ; to suffer a fracture
to inflect (in grammar); to decline; to conjugate
to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
dash; Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
to spend (much) effort; to go through (a lot of) trouble
turning point; breaking point
calligraphic flourish with many twists; (fig.) many twists and turns
a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
premature death of a budding talent; those whom the Gods love die young
diffraction grating (physics)
(lit.) plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon); (fig.) to succeed in the imperial examination
torture and cruel treatment
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