- ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xi1 Xia4] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[E2 ji4 na4 Qi2], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
- Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
- to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- crown prince
- 承 chéng: 承 cheng2: to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive承 Chéng: 承 Cheng2: surname Cheng; Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- auspicious; lucky
- geographical area of command; (PLA) military district
- to rush to; to hurry to
- see 大城縣|大城县[Da4 cheng2 Xian4]; see 大城鄉|大城乡[Da4 cheng2 Xiang1]
- apprehensive; on edge
- to change; to switch; to convert; to transform
- to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- to abandon
- (idiom) so that's how it is; I see
- to specialize in; to major in
- (coll.) top-notch; first-rate; outstanding
- expert; past master; dab hand
- all kinds
- to play (a card); to make a move in a game
- to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
- housefly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- crown prince
- to gallop; to spur on a horse; to let one's steed have his head
- capital city
- see 銀川市|银川市[Yin2 chuan1 Shi4]
- to stop
- to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
- to reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
- (military) reinforcements
- lit. to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor (idiom)
- courage and resource
- not work; be ineffective
- alley
- guerrilla warfare
- guerrilla warfare
- May; fifth month (of the lunar year)
- 叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock; to kowtow叩 kòu: 叩 kou4: to knock
- Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
- pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture
- road hub; major crossroad