- imperial power
- to struggle; to fight; struggle
- 史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- (literary) crafty; cunning
- flexible; accommodating
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- from beginning to end; all along
- 谜 mèi: 谜 mei4: see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle谜 mí: 谜 mi2: riddle
- fertile; richly provided
- vast
- North China Plain
- to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
- towering; imposing
- Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- creek; stream; brook
- to flow
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4] (short name 冀[Ji4])
- southern part
- river course; river channel
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- southwest
- direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward
- 东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria
- to pass through; to traverse; to cross
- see 饒陽縣|饶阳县[Rao2 yang2 Xian4]
- Xian County or Xianxian, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
- see 河間市|河间市[He2 jian1 Shi4]
- see 大城縣|大城县[Da4 cheng2 Xian4]; see 大城鄉|大城乡[Da4 cheng2 Xiang1]
- Jinghai, a district of Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]; Sea of Tranquility (lunar feature)
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- 经 jīng: 经 jing1: classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]经 Jīng: 经 Jing1: surname Jing
- Tianjin municipality (short name 津[Jin1])
- to pour into; to empty into
- Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)