- historical biography
- candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
- 孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- to die in combat
- troops under one's command
- 鲍 Bào: 鲍 Bao4: surname Bao鲍 bào: 鲍 bao4: abalone
- to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- 组 zǔ: 组 zu3: to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries组 Zǔ: 组 Zu3: surname Zu
- clap of thunder
- see 黃梅縣|黄梅县[Huang2 mei2 Xian4]
- loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
- ridge; mound
- to fight in one place after another
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- to just happen to coincide with
- short name for Anhui 安徽[An1 hui1]
- surname E; short name for Hubei 湖北[Hu2 bei3]
- to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support
- perilous situation
- commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)
- flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
- 枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots枪 Qiāng: 枪 Qiang1: surname Qiang枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: rifle; spear
- to stop; to halt; halt!; to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
- heel
- to command; to direct
- guerrilla warfare
- to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
- (onom.) tinkling of gems
- gem
- see 城北區|城北区[Cheng2 bei3 Qu1]
- see 集賢縣|集贤县[Ji2 xian2 Xian4]
- beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both
- red; scarlet; bare; naked
- 岭 líng: 岭 ling2: used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]岭 lǐng: 岭 ling3: mountain range; mountain ridge
- rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc
- to guard; to hold a fortified position; entrenched
- in company with