profound meditation,practice

hitting the target

clean, purify, refine a metal

tame and train animals, domesticate, familiarise

cause to remember, to put in mind, to remind

decay, decompose, become rotten or putrid, to rot, putrefy

hitting on, notching

have a fit of madness, go mad in love

knead, mix into a dough

be pleased

be married

to prove

keep quiet, hold one's breath

to learn or practice something, e.g. calligraphy, to form (one's) hand, to practice handwriting

be designedly silent, keep mum

keep mum, button up, quiet or silent, give no reply, say nothing

to practise meditation, to live a life of asceticism, to practise profound and abstract meditation, to lead the life of an ascetic, (dial) become an ascetic lead the life of an ascetic quit lay life

to practice taciturnity, to remain silent, to refrain from replying, to make no reply

sip, habit of drinking by gradual increase

live in a very bad condition, be poor or helpless