- to despise; to look down on
- (idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
- heavy responsibility; serious criticism
- setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
- bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
- In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
- 唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes
- war situation
- to invade; invasion
- Black Flag Army
- Vietnam
- Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
- see 城西區|城西区[Cheng2 xi1 Qu1]
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- bitter fighting; a violent battle
- hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to kill; to shoot dead
- French army
- commanding officer
- Wylie (name); Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
- to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
- (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
- expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- clamor raises the dust (idiom); a tremendous clamor; to raise a tremendous stink
- to persist in one's views
- to adjust; adjustment; revision; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to dispose; to deploy; deployment
- to charge (an entity) with (a task); to assign (sb) the task of
- 津 Jīn: 津 Jin1: abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]津 jīn: 津 jin1: saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)
- Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
- see 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- dawn; rising sun
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- to attack and seize
- victory; victorious battle
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards