1 straight (in a straight line)

2 continuously

3 always

4 from the beginning of ... up to ...

5 all along

1 safe and sound

2 well

3 without mishap

4 quiet and safe

5 at peace

1 ordinarily

2 in normal times

3 in peacetime

1 surname Zhi

2 Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])

2 immediate

3 straightforward

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

2 fig. to be impartial

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

1 to get straight to the point (idiom)