- important general; generalissimo
- 率 shuài: 率 shuai4: to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually率 lǜ: 率 lu:4: (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion
- (bound form) army; military
- 原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- 斫 zhúo: 斫 zhuo2: to chop; to hack; to carve wood斫 zhúo: 斫 zhuo2: to chop; to carve wood
- 刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao
- hatchet
- tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- (literary) corporal punishment or execution
- Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
- (of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award
- Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
- 追 dūi: 追 dui1: to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)追 zhūi: 追 zhui1: to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- cone; awl; to bore
- pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- minimal; extremely small
- to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- metatarsus; (literary) sole of the foot; (literary) to tread on
- to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc); derivation
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- to defend; to safeguard
- Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
- to arrogate power
- Sima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3 di4]
- 逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to compel; to pressure逼 bī: 逼 bi1: to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on
- to abdicate (as king)
- proverb
- 啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw; to erode啮 niè: 啮 nie4: to gnaw啮 Niè: 啮 Nie4: surname Nie
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- 庄 zhuāng: 庄 zhuang1: farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)庄 Zhuāng: 庄 Zhuang1: surname Zhuang
- surname Deng
- Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
- law and order; public security
- it would be better