- the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- 成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- 也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- as; as if; such as
- today; the present time; now
- to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
- method; way; technique; procedure
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
- mature reflection; after careful deliberations
- forehead
- to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- really isn't
- (idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable
- crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- 万里 wàn lǐ: 万里 wan4 li3: far away; thousands of miles; 10,000 li万里 Wàn Lǐ: 万里 Wan4 Li3: Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician万里 Wàn lǐ: 万里 Wan4 li3: Wanli township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- punitive expedition to the west
- transliteration of Sanskrit mahā, great
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- (idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- to find out; to learn of
- strategy
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- to draw up; to formulate
- focus; direction; purpose; relevance
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- to conceive; concept
- army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
- (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale