思考并寻求（原因、答案、真相等）

to give up, to admit failure, to drop the matter, to reconcile oneself to loss, to have no more illusions about

to be hell-bent on, dead set on sth, unswerving

to consider past cause and future effect (idiom), to think over the past and future, to ponder over reasons and connection

courtyard house (type of Chinese residence)

in all directions, all around, far and near