- 习 Xí: 习 Xi2: surname Xi习 xí: 习 xi2: (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
- (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
- frog; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- arc
- arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear
- repeatedly; time and again
- to lecture; to instruct
- late stage; later period
- Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
- lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 jian4], in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
- to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
- Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods); Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
- frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (old) (slang) ugly guy
- states of south China in different historical periods; proverbially perpetual arch-enemies
- 外传 wài zhuàn: 外传 wai4 zhuan4: unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)外传 wài chuán: 外传 wai4 chuan2: to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored
- curb; roadside; wayside
- to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall
- to salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to; to pay homage to
- soldier; private (army)
- why
- to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- ignorant; ignorance
- anger
- soldier; noncommssioned officer (NCO)
- carriage; CL:節|节[jie2]
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- facing death; at death's door
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- ominous; inauspicious
- territory
- to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike
- frequently; often
- to use force; to come to blows
- to weaken; to impair; to cripple