- 少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom少 shào: 少 shao4: young
- following
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- textbook; CL:本[ben3]
- supplementary educational material (e.g. a practice workbook, exam preparation guide etc)
- (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- to be used for
- to deal with; to cope
- degree; level; extent
- to read extensively; to be widely read
- precondition; prerequisite
- to borrow money; to lend money
- to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- learned
- second; number two; next; secondary
- to found; to establish
- warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
- common saying
- though; although
- to get on a horse; to mount
- to attack the enemy
- to dismount from a horse; (fig.) to abandon (a project)
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- officers and soldiers
- (idiom) to persuade by appealing to principle; to reason with sb on moral grounds
- to join the army; (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
- 精神 jīng shén: 精神 jing1 shen2: spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]精神 jīng shen: 精神 jing1 shen5: vigor; vitality; spirited; good-looking
- command; commander-in-chief
- every day
- fundraising
- commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
- 大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]
- basically; on the whole
- friend
- (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer; administration of a military government; (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
- guests; visitors
- pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- to compare notes; to learn from one another
- rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xi1han3]
- to pursue one's studies