- national defense
- thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
- high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking
- military official; military attaché
- 西夏 Xī xià: 西夏 Xi1 xia4: see 西夏區|西夏区[Xi1 xia4 Qu1]西夏 Xī Xià: 西夏 Xi1 Xia4: Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
- war; hostilities; fighting
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- the pro-war faction; hawks
- and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- military campaign
- ten; 10
- nine; 9
- to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- long-term; for a protracted period
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
- eight
- honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary
- to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- post; position; job; duties
- cavalry
- corps; legion
- 马 Mǎ: 马 Ma3: surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]马 mǎ: 马 ma3: horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- (bound form) army; military
- secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- 曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng
- to follow
- court eunuch
- 童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong童 tóng: 童 tong2: child
- to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- to eliminate (by armed force)
- Fang La
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- government; CL:個|个[ge4]
- arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces)
- 难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold
- to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
- to defend; to protect (against)
- 开封 kāi fēng: 开封 kai1 feng1: to open (sth that has been sealed)开封 Kāi fēng: 开封 Kai1 feng1: see 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4]
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]