- early or late; first and last; priority; in succession; one after another
- to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
- end of the year
- Eddie (name)
- see 沙灣區|沙湾区[Sha1 wan1 Qu1]; see 沙灣市|沙湾市[Sha1 wan1 Shi4]
- a succession of; a series of
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- 索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- start of month; early in the month
- to threaten; to coerce; to intimidate
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- volunteer soldier; CL:名[ming2]
- 林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
- military expert; general
- 曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to take up a post; to start in a new job
- commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
- Benjamin (person name)
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- physicist
- outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious
- diplomat
- inventor
- war of independence
- leader
- Declaration of Independence
- 开国元勋 kāi gúo yuán xūn: 开国元勋 kai1 guo2 yuan2 xun1: founding father; fig. also used of company, school etc开国元勋 kāi gúo yuán xūn: 开国元勋 kai1 guo2 yuan2 xun1: founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or school etc
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory
- subtropical (zone or climate)
- wild animal
- eve; the day before
- uprising; insurrection; revolt
- to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
- after the war; postwar
- serviceman; soldier; military personnel
- to open fire; to start shooting; to light the flame (for cooking)
- to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
- (fig.) opening shot
- successor
- to guide; to lead