- national economy
- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- dark
- from the beginning; always; to come of one's own accord
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- chaotic warfare; confused fighting; melee; to join in such fighting
- Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history; any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
- to tussle; to contend; to contest
- center; hub; the central administration
- (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
- 钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- 穆 mù: 穆 mu4: solemn; reverent; calm; burial position in an ancestral tomb (old)穆 Mù: 穆 Mu4: surname Mu
- malpractice; long-running abuse
- cavity; empty; vacuous
- one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
- since; as; this being the case
- confused; chaotic; disorderly
- to judge; to assess
- 广 yǎn: 广 yan3: "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc广 guǎng: 广 guang3: wide; numerous; to spread广 Guǎng: 广 Guang3: surname Guang
- to be excessive; to be more than is required
- bandit; (literary) not
- History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls
- Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
- resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- used in 桑椹[sang1 shen4]
- (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
- 术 shù: 术 shu4: method; technique术 zhú: 术 zhu2: various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
- fighter; soldier; warrior; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to beat; to win; to profit
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- 蛤 há: 蛤 ha2: used in 蛤蟆[ha2 ma5]蛤 gé: 蛤 ge2: (bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]
- giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings
- to eat one's fill
- appearance; manner; pattern; model