- extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
- Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master
- summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc)
- to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion
- idiot
- successor
- religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- to conflict; to contradict
- perilous situation
- high-handed (measures); with a heavy hand
- (idiom) to safeguard (sth); to protect (sth)
- Islam
- priest
- spark; sparkle
- the Western Paradise (Buddhism)
- totally unaware
- general mobilization (for war etc)
- guerrilla band
- not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- (idiom) every movement; each and every move
- (lit. and fig.) road; path
- to pass through; to traverse; to cross
- 天山 Tiān Shān: 天山 Tian1 Shan1: Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan天山 Tiān shān: 天山 Tian1 shan1: see 天山區|天山区[Tian1 shan1 Qu1]
- high and low; uneven (in height); uneven (of ground)
- mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country
- Issyk-Kul (a large lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan)
- difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
- to point out; to remind (sb of sth); to suggest; suggestion; tip; reminder; notice
- a little bit
- border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
- (idiom) a slight effort
- lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom); fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
- to determine; to resolve
- fortification; defensive structure
- (idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
- the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia