- to start a war; to open hostilities
- quarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)
- key document; important condition; criterion; requirement; requisite; cornerstone
- 磨 mó: 磨 mo2: to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist磨 mò: 磨 mo4: grindstone; to grind; to turn round
- meticulous; careful; attentive
- making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost
- years of age; age
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate
- sandbar; shoal; sandbank
- to bid farewell (to); to say goodbye (to)
- to supervise; to oversee; to inspect
- Yongding River, the largest river flowing through Beijing
- imperial palace
- thought; idea; intention
- distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose
- I (spoken by an old man)
- regret; to regret; to be sorry that
- pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help; son-in-law (old)
- who
- sleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
- a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks
- xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4]; the designation for a punishment
- to peruse; to browse