- strong alcoholic drink
- encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc); around the city
- to compose; to constitute; compound; synthesis; mixture; synthetic
- to pale by comparison (idiom)
- clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official)
- (bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
- a whistle; sentry
- lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable
- (military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆[diao3 bao4]
- form; shape
- (idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid
- heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- so deep one cannot see to the bottom; limitless
- spectacular; magnificent sight
- old fellow; old man; father; husband
- heresy
- raindrop
- 围城 wéi chéng: 围城 wei2 cheng2: siege; besieged city围城 Wéi chéng: 围城 Wei2 cheng2: Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial
- to resist; to press against; to brace
- to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
- special skill; remarkable feat
- two-character surname Ximen
- (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
- volunteer army
- not to tire of; not to object to
- magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men
- to slaughter; to butcher
- to talk in one's sleep; crazy talk
- pessimistic
- trench; moat
- to fall; to drop; to weigh down