- army; main forces
- wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships
- your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- fabulous; superb; excellent
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior
- to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
- to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- fence; also pr. [shan1]
- astonishing
- (political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)
- anxiety; anxious
- outdoors; outside
- earth-shaking
- thunder
- to submerge; to drown; to flood; to drown out (also fig.)
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- torrent; torrential current; whitewater
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- to be discouraged
- useful; beneficial; profitable
- daybreak; dawn
- satisfactory; consummate; perfect
- to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
- beautiful
- daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to mislead; to misguide; misleading
- plain; open country
- troops attached to a unit
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- enchantment; magic
- war; to wage war
- overture
- to start shooting or firing; to win an initial success; to succeed (of a plan)
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- to summon; to beckon; to call
- a few; a little; a bit
- to whine; to be grouchy