- to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed
- classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- 药 yào: 药 yao4: leaf of the iris药 yào: 药 yao4: medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- do not
- to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their
- (literary) not; used in transliteration
- especially; particularly
- to believe (sth in relation to oneself); to regard oneself as; to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself); to resign oneself to
- sexual activity
- clumsy and stupid
- happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- wary
- hesitation; misgivings; doubt
- lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
- although; even though
- critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone
- countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds
- to feel embarrassed; to feel awkward
- by the time that
- danger; dangerous; rugged
- 难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold
- one by one; one after another
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- to realize only then
- to redouble a siege
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- to make an effort; to push for sth; to work hard
- to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
- to get oneself out of trouble
- on the one hand
- to assault a fortified position; (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
- 致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite致 zhì: 致 zhi4: (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- to tread on; to trample; to stamp; to fulfill; Taiwan pr. [dao4]
- blemish; flaw in jade
- to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to; to match; to balance; to offset; to mortgage; to make up for; to compensate for; to arrive at; to reach; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3])
- crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift
- to handle affairs; to deal with matters
- strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy
- multipurpose; having several uses
- (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
- 方 Fāng: 方 Fang1: surname Fang方 fāng: 方 fang1: square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- to stake all on one throw
- to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
- (idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless
- 兵家 Bīng jiā: 兵家 Bing1 jia1: the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)兵家 bīng jiā: 兵家 bing1 jia1: military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier
- to die; to lose; to be gone; to flee; deceased