- to follow; to accompany
- Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
- 萧 Xiāo: 萧 Xiao1: surname Xiao萧 xiāo: 萧 xiao1: (old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport)
- (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other
- to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
- escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
- to bring about; to create; to cause
- BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
- to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence
- to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- ancient place name, in Anhui province
- see 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
- see 靈璧縣|灵璧县[Ling2 bi4 Xian4]
- joint name; combined name
- Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- art of war; military strategy and tactics
- 佚 yì: 佚 yi4: (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive佚 Yì: 佚 Yi4: surname Yi
- also known as
- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- to cook
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- to cut; to cut apart
- domestic animal; sacrificial animal
- cutting board; chopping block
- to cook; to boil
- to cut
- implement; utensil; equipment
- cook; chef
- (bound form) posthumous name or title; (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program
- place name; toponym
- see 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4]
- oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
- to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)
- providence; the Will of Heaven
- to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- tyranny; despotic rule