- now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- 乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books
- to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- 白 bái: 白 bai2: white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera白 Bái: 白 Bai2: surname Bai; Bai ethnic group
- to receive a scolding
- 龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold
- 孙子 sūn zi: 孙子 sun1 zi5: grandson; son's son孙子 Sūn zǐ: 孙子 Sun1 zi3: Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- military drill ground
- physical strength
- 毕 Bì: 毕 Bi4: surname Bi毕 bì: 毕 bi4: the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- 嵩 Sōng: 嵩 Song1: Mt Song in Henan嵩 sōng: 嵩 song1: (literary) (of mountains) lofty
- 焘 tāo: 焘 tao1: used in given names焘 dào: 焘 dao4: cover over; to envelope
- to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
- incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
- to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- (literary) one's native place
- 省 shěng: 省 sheng3: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)省 xǐng: 省 xing3: (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
- succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages; success and failure; You win some, you lose some.
- 付 fù: 付 fu4: to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things付 Fù: 付 Fu4: surname Fu
- to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off
- to set foot on; to step on or into
- provincial capital
- really; after all; details; particulars
- highly intelligent; brilliant
- to rush out
- to have a premonition; premonition
- situation; existing state of affairs
- to go out of control
- shameless; (slang) rascal
- Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
- lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time; to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face