- inside story; inside information
- contribution; meritorious service; credit
- clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage
- to be really busy; pressing business
- to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]
- ancient city
- almost; nearly; close to
- prosperous; booming
- intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
- to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
- (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
- work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]
- benefit
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- farmer; farmer household
- to urge to stay; to detain
- to transport on pack animal; to carry (a load on one's back)
- Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
- not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent
- to collect; to recruit
- means of transportation; vehicle
- manpower; labor power
- animal power; animal-drawn (plow etc)
- 征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack征 zhēng: 征 zheng1: to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc; to demand contributions
- layer upon layer
- Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
- agriculture; farming
- to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
- to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- corn; maize; CL:粒[li4]
- soybean
- peanut; CL:粒[li4]
- farm crop
- wheat; CL:粒[li4]
- hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs; hired thugs
- whether or not (at the end of a phrase)