Vocabulary

slowness of speech; awkwardness of speech

tricks; wiles

deceptive methods; questionable means

ruse; trick

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

to cajole; to coax

chanting or reading the sutras

learning by memorization; learning by memorisation

to slander; to accuse falsely

calumny; slander; false accusation

repetitious; long-winded; tedious; wordy; verbose; insistent

to quarrel; to dispute

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

vocal harmony; harmonious voice; harmonious voices

harmonious melody; harmony; unity; euphony

joke; jest; banter

indirect remonstrance; exhortation by insinuation

to be famed; to be extolled; to have one's praises sung; to be celebrated; to be admired

cough; hawking

falsehood; fabrication; dissimulation

talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances

talking in a delirium

delirium

reprimand; rebuke; censure; reproof

false charge; slander; defamation

false charge; slander; defamation

slanderous retainer; libelous vassal

slander

libel; slander; defamation

pea (Pisum sativum)

child; young lad

ferocious leopard-like beast (Chinese legendary animal); pixiu

to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up

to devour greedily

greed; corruption

voracity; ravenousness

Children's Limbo

monetary offering; offertory