- boundary; clue; indication; to obtain clues; to infer
- optimistic; hopeful
- locked in a stalemate; to confront one another
- lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long
- gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- would rather...; it would be better...; would prefer
- to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth
- prolonged war; war of attrition
- to stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation); to corner the market in sth
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- contempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scorn; scornful
- lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies
- wide; broad; extensive; vast
- to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation
- to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
- (news) tidbits; interesting sidelights
- to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance
- to take revenge for a past insult; to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
- to read out loud; (computing) to read (data); readout (of a scientific instrument)
- grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
- to comfort; to console
- butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
- Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866
- (used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- (of the day) long
- 薛 Xuē: 薛 Xue1: surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)薛 xuē: 薛 xue1: wormwood like grass (classical)
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- 皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: bank; marsh皋 gāo: 皋 gao1: high riverbank
- 尹 yǐn: 尹 yin3: (literary) to administer; to govern; (bound form) governor; prefect; magistrate (official title in imperial times)尹 Yǐn: 尹 Yin3: surname Yin
- to plow; to till
- 范 fàn: 范 fan4: pattern; model; example范 Fàn: 范 Fan4: surname Fan
- 泰 tài: 泰 tai4: safe; peaceful; most; grand泰 Tài: 泰 Tai4: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong; abbr. for Thailand
- prosperous; henry (unit of inductance)
- 森 Sēn: 森 Sen1: Mori (Japanese surname)森 sēn: 森 sen1: (bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
- visitor; guest; object (in grammar)
- surname Xing; place name
- border region; regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times)