- to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
- the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- see 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4]
- to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously
- candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- ancient language; old expression
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- 居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms
- Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
- nationality; ethnic group
- ethnic minority
- to struggle; to fight; struggle
- see 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4]
- (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
- warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare
- 薛 Xuē: 薛 Xue1: surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)薛 xuē: 薛 xue1: wormwood like grass (classical)
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
- Xinghualing, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
- to spread over an area
- flowers and plants
- cymbidium; orchid
- inferior brand; little-known brand
- Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- 恒山 Héng shān: 恒山 Heng2 shan1: see 恆山區|恒山区[Heng2 shan1 Qu1]恒山 Héng Shān: 恒山 Heng2 Shan1: Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]; Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
- intoxicating; fascinating
- mix together; put together (usu. things that do not blend well together)
- the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about