- to massacre; to slaughter
- Puritan
- thousands (of sth)
- half
- the people
- to bathe; to take a bath; (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in
- other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
- blood
- hereby; from this
- prejudiced; narrow-minded
- distant; remote
- 过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- twenty; 20
- to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
- Imperial order or edict (old)
- Nantes (city in France)
- lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- to issue (a document); to sign and issue officially
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature); (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate; to open (sth that has been sealed)
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national
- to level; to raze to the ground
- to rush into; to break into
- dwelling
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- to threaten; to menace
- to compel; to force
- to cause; to result in
- England
- Holland; the Netherlands
- can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
- to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions
- 斗 Dǒu: 斗 Dou3: abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]斗 dǒu: 斗 dou3: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object斗 dòu: 斗 dou4: to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
- United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- apprentice; to serve an apprenticeship
- to recommend; to introduce (from outside)
- long (tradition, history etc)
- ancient; old; age-old