- to duel; a duel; decisive struggle
- to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc); to hold as one's personal fiefdom
- propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip!
- meeting; conference; CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4]
- impassioned; vehement
- neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress
- 期 qī: 期 qi1: period; cycle期 qī: 期 qi1: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
- (bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
- proud; arrogant
- downcast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
- to invade; to assail; onslaught
- candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
- panic; panicky; panic-stricken
- to attack and seize
- see 滁州市[Chu2 zhou1 Shi4]
- pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
- key and lock; (fig.) strategic place
- to take advantage; to seize an opportunity; in passing; without taking extra trouble; conveniently
- enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- to arouse; to stimulate; (physics) to excite
- (lit. and fig.) overnight
- successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful
- see 定遠縣|定远县[Ding4 yuan3 Xian4]
- to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
- encyclopedia; CL:本[ben3],集[ji2]
- talent (usually literary or artistic)
- resourcefulness; ingenuity
- (following a noun) full of ...; abounding in ...
- to specialize in; to major in
- the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.); a Legalist
- philosophy
- to scheme; to plot; conspiracy
- office; business premises
- to calm down; to stop; to pause; calmly; peaceful; restful
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom); to discern what sb thinks from his body language
- to clearly understand
- (one's) inner world