- prologue
- cloudless
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- snow-covered ground
- supernatural beings
- (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness
- black; mysterious
- dark; deep; stupid; the underworld
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 兆 Zhào: 兆 Zhao4: surname Zhao兆 zhào: 兆 zhao4: (bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-; (Tw) trillion; tera-; (old) billion
- half of the day; a long time; quite a while
- lictor
- 抡 lūn: 抡 lun1: to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)抡 lún: 抡 lun2: to select
- the clouds; cloud layer; cloud bank
- to dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling; harsh (light); crude (colors); unsightly
- to finish work; to complete a project
- just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value
- to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of
- to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- superpower (nation)
- lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
- absent-minded; distracted; dazzled; vaguely; dimly
- to reinforce
- to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
- to beat (sb or sth) into (a certain condition); to denounce (sb) as (sth contemptible)
- Empress Dowager
- fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]
- family matters; domestic affairs; housework
- member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic; apostate
- Holy war; jihad
- political views