- bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
- to be unable to endure
- to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- to capture
- to dissolve; to disband
- to sever; to break off
- to go into battle; to campaign (military)
- to lose
- angry; resentful
- gaudy; flashy (but without substance)
- rhetoric
- homicide; to murder; to kill (a person)
- to reach (an agreement); to accomplish
- to understand; to make allowances for; understanding
- idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- boss; superior
- to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- talent; ability; capacity
- to have free rein (idiom)
- basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
- to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
- long hair
- the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- to eat and drink; food and drink
- my humble opinion
- pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- important classic text; severe laws
- a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; to get rid of
- violent; to rape
- if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
- peaceful; restful; quiet; still
- bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition)
- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- regent; monarch
- 术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique
- to comprehend; to understand
- at once; on the spot