- 受累 shòu lěi: 受累 shou4 lei3: to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)受累 shòu lèi: 受累 shou4 lei4: to be put to a lot of trouble
- repeatedly; again and again
- to lose a war
- guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to attack the enemy
- to win; to prevail; to come out on top
- to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence; to trust completely; to confide in sb with entire sincerity
- to show concern and care for
- calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
- to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock
- to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
- to fight at the head of one's troops; (fig.) to take the lead
- to unite as one
- 吴起 Wú Qǐ: 吴起 Wu2 Qi3: Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]吴起 Wú qǐ: 吴起 Wu2 qi3: see 吳起縣|吴起县[Wu2 qi3 Xian4]
- to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- to swell; swelling; swollen
- ulcers; sores
- good wine; fine liquor
- rations (to take on expedition)
- to share; to enjoy together
- 窦 Dòu: 窦 Dou4: surname Dou窦 dòu: 窦 dou4: (literary) hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
- to establish; to set up; to create (suitable conditions etc)
- successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- luster of gem
- (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect
- border station; strategic defensive position on frontier
- suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell
- ethnic minority
- to invade and harass
- to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture
- sagacious prime minister (in feudal China)
- health; healthy
- necessary; must have
- pleasure-seeking