- future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
- grieved; sorrowful
- common sense; conventional reasoning and morals
- lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
- noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
- to separate; to part
- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats
- a deep fryer
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- to radiate; radioactive
- no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle; nothing one can't do; to carry everything before one
- to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)
- to count; to reckon
- lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched; roughly comparable (opponents)
- to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice
- to be confused; to be baffled
- stone; rock
- to swarm around; flocking (to see)
- to rush into; to break into
- to differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories
- pyramid (building or structure)
- thus; if this happens then
- northwest part
- Herat (city in Afghanistan)
- southern Asia
- to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison
- hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum
- to encourage
- to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc)
- to slacken; lax; slack; disorganized
- people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
- stain; taint