- western extremity
- lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
- to knock down; knocked down
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- latter half of one's life
- to border on
- to compare notes; to learn from one another
- name of country
- literal translation
- foreign businessman; foreign enterprise; foreign company
- to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
- Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
- the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- business; trade; commerce
- military strength; military force(s)
- God; Heavens
- outstanding military service
- (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
- Daihatsu, Japanese car company
- Persia
- expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden
- madman
- territory
- convention; usual practice
- to receive; to collect
- high quota; large amount
- tribute
- shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
- 间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
- Central Asia
- Southwest Asia
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- fully content with one's achievements (idiom); complacent
- lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom); fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught