- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- unable to; incapable of
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- hidden troops; ambush
- to rob and kill
- 古 Gǔ: 古 Gu3: surname Gu古 gǔ: 古 gu3: ancient; old; paleo-
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- Imperial bodyguard
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- 个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- double-bang firecracker (which explodes once on the ground and then a second time in the air after being propelled upward)
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- signal
- to extract; to draw out
- to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- (archaic) man-drawn carriage; an imperial carriage; to transport by carriage
- layer upon layer
- to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 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]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
- to hear
- sound; noise
- to rush over
- ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- well-known figure; excellent (person, company etc)
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- to select the best
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- thus; consequently; as a result
- (idiom) vicious; merciless
- especially; particularly
- 仇 chóu: 仇 chou2: hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)仇 Qíu: 仇 Qiu2: surname Qiu仇 qíu: 仇 qiu2: spouse; companion