- to resign a government post
- to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning
- to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- anyway
- to organize; to set up; to establish
- 楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- brave
- front line; military front; workface; cutting edge
- to attempt; to try
- to prevent; to block
- name of a river in Sichuan
- firewood; gather wood
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- friendship; also pr. [yi2]
- correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- nobleman; person of noble character
- your distinguished self; your majesty; sire
- 否 fǒu: 否 fou3: to negate; to deny; not否 pǐ: 否 pi3: clogged; evil
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- native place; place of origin; home state or region
- good name; good reputation
- to enlist; to serve in the army
- black; mysterious
- propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms
- amazing; terrific; extraordinary
- lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
- general; military leader; fierce man
- to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
- to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
- last year
- major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
- suspense
- 扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey扯 chě: 扯 che3: to pull; to tear
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds
- moral integrity; unflinching righteousness
- faith; belief; conviction
- to hold fast to; to stick to