- casualties; dead and injured
- disastrous
- to win by a narrow margin
- 血 xiě: 血 xie3: see 血[xue4]血 xuè: 血 xue4: blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]
- sword
- scabbard; sheath
- prince; marquis; nobleman
- the title of Emperor
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- (idiom) to take the lead
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
- to restore sb or sth to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset
- (literary) exemplary; virtuous
- (chemistry) phosphorus
- character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- Emperor Ningzong of Southern Song (1168-1224)
- power; authority
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- to die (idiom); to breathe one's last; to give up the ghost
- 长子 Zhǎng zǐ: 长子 Zhang3 zi3: see 長子縣|长子县[Zhang3 zi3 Xian4]长子 zhǎng zǐ: 长子 zhang3 zi3: eldest son
- suitable; adequate; ready; settled
- (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- the imperial family; royal kin
- a struggle; fight; battle
- at long last; finally; on the whole
- examination paper; test paper; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself; saying one thing but meaning sth different
- more and more
- to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint
- to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
- hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate
- to take a step; to stride
- to enlighten
- Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
- grave; serious; severe; critical
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- to kill by poisoning
- to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream
- Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392; Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
- Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
- to migrate; to move to a new place of residence