- to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
- to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire
- business opportunity; commercial opportunity
- to advise; to encourage
- capitalism
- orator
- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate
- to have one's wish fulfilled
- brimming with confidence (idiom)
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- fever; pyrexia
- bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
- independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs
- agenda; agenda item
- to yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
- to hope for; to long for; to expect
- in command of the army
- strategic
- (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
- to utilize; to put sth to use
- military strength; military force(s)
- trusting to luck; wishful thinking
- to give birth; to grow (whiskers etc); to generate; to produce
- (in former times) upper, middle and lower army; army of right, center and left; (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force
- general mobilization (for war etc)
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- Saint Helena
- to go into battle; to campaign (military)
- to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom); to create a diversion
- direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth
- to suss out; to figure out; to ascertain
- level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
- lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, sweat and tears
- (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar
- wilderness