- army life (idiom); the experience of war
- battlefield
- generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings)
- to return in triumph; to return victorious
- to triumph over an opponent
- until
- foster father; adoptive father
- see 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- childhood
- as the proverb says; as they say...
- 看 kàn: 看 kan4: to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for看 kān: 看 kan1: to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- certainty; without a doubt
- an individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶|个体户[ge4 ti3 hu4])
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
- unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
- to defend; to safeguard
- safe; secure; safety; security
- fort
- 堡 bǔ: 堡 bu3: village (used in place names)堡 bǎo: 堡 bao3: (bound form) fortress; stronghold; (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names); (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4 bao3])堡 pù: 堡 pu4: used in place names
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- to surround; to circle; to revolve around
- 东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria
- 西北 Xī běi: 西北 Xi1 bei3: Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)西北 xī běi: 西北 xi1 bei3: northwest
- southwest
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- and; to reach; up to; in time for
- guard; bodyguard
- to work a shift; on duty
- to alternate; to take turns