- to the point; concise
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- beaten; tortured; executed
- might; power and influence
- mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap
- not yet (done); pending
- to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility
- edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- tangled and complicated (idiom)
- to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position
- exception; to be an exception
- the whole distance; from beginning to end
- to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
- to look forward to; to await; expectation
- opportunism; pragmatism
- to brake; to stop; to forbid
- honor and glory; glorious
- urban district; downtown; city center
- to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
- (of an elderly person) alive and in good health; (of a thing) intact; holding up OK; still going strong
- to toil; hard work
- beaten; exhausted; tired
- (literary) to put down one's burden; to rest; to stay (at an inn etc)
- full of enthusiasm
- artillery barrage; gunfire
- city resident; townspeople
- taking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young
- (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden
- situation; circumstances
- to take refuge; to seek asylum
- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- Republic of China
- to reopen
- to come to the surface; to become apparent
- New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
- starting point
- to pour into; to empty into