- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- to invade
- 布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- Wade (name); Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wei1 Tuo3 ma3]
- front line; military front; workface; cutting edge
- British army
- fortification; defensive structure
- to defend; to protect (against)
- 英 Yīng: 英 Ying1: United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]英 yīng: 英 ying1: hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
- 葡 Pú: 葡 Pu2: Portugal; Portuguese; abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]葡 pú: 葡 pu2: used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]
- allied armies
- number of people
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
- defensive line or perimeter; CL:道[dao4]
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- to reinforce
- direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
- to inform; to notify
- immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment
- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions; CL:個|个[ge4]
- especially; particularly
- to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance
- courage
- a trial; to try sb
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- dissenting vote
- to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated
- Caesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar
- to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with