- to speculate; to conjecture
- to ignore; to let alone; to indulge
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- marine corps; marines
- Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
- northern extremity
- Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- official career (formal)
- lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
- as expected
- indefinitely; of unlimited duration
- the outside world; external
- unprecedented; never seen before
- Muslim
- workday; working day; weekday
- corpse; dead body
- to bury
- remains; wreckage
- swelling; oedema; internal bruising
- fishing boat; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to level; to raze to the ground
- bald; bare (no hair, no leaves, no vegetation etc)
- the Revelation of St John the divine; the Apocalypse
- to shake; to sway; to rock
- army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- silhouette; figure
- to supply water
- to supply electricity
- to grant; to bestow
- Medan (city in Indonesia)
- logistics
- a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)
- to be drawn into; to be involved in
- struggle
- minor details; trifles
- to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- signal
- currently existing; currently available
- 劲 jìng: 劲 jing4: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful劲 jìn: 劲 jin4: strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]