- to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic
- local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old)
- to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- during the night; at night; nighttime
- merchant; businessman
- Portugal
- servant
- to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
- several days
- thirteen; 13
- 浦 Pǔ: 浦 Pu3: surname Pu浦 pǔ: 浦 pu3: river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
- corpse; dead body
- (army, police) patrol
- southwest
- to suffer attack; to be ambushed
- shotgun
- to kill; to shoot dead
- to injure; injury; wound
- seven; 7
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to meet with; to encounter (esp. misfortune or hardship); an experience (esp. adverse)
- curb; roadside; wayside
- bomb; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
- to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting
- to ignite; to set on fire; aflame
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to pass through
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- wall
- roof
- to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- enemy troops; hostile forces; CL:股[gu3]
- to come close; to get near to; front
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally