- to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
- lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
- cobweb; spider web
- unable to move a single step (idiom); to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
- attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness
- to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist
- to collect all the bits to make a whole
- (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking; to carry oneself tall
- to bring up to full strength; to make up a deficiency; to fill (a vacancy, gap etc)
- to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer
- 文 Wén: 文 Wen2: surname Wen文 wén: 文 wen2: language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military
- margin; leeway
- to embezzle; to swallow up; to engulf
- (jocular) clever and quick-witted person
- to overturn; to overthrow; to capsize; to collapse
- to have a headache
- to be in command; (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized
- to recommend
- not worth
- a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
- men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
- arrogance; haughtiness
- army
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
- afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing
- (of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
- (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc)
- to take to the field oneself (of emperor); to take part in person in an expedition
- strenuously; persistently; hard; painful