- old friend; (slang) period; menstruation
- to organize; to set up; to establish
- Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- in command of the army
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- to walk past; to pass by
- 段 Duàn: 段 Duan4: surname Duan段 duàn: 段 duan4: paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
- journey; expedition; voyage
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- ten; 10
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- exactly; just
- also
- because; owing to; on account of
- war; hostilities; fighting
- to recommend; to introduce (from outside)
- ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
- wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter
- see 內江市|内江市[Nei4 jiang1 Shi4]
- inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- 中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- this trip
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- matter; substance; material; materialistic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- 当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- to excel; to surpass
- different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- 相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology