- heartstrings
- to stir; to prod; to poke; to move sideways; to strum (on a guitar etc)
- lit. chicken speaking with duck; fig. talking without communicating; people not understanding each other
- (idiom) dead end; road to ruin
- to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer
- lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled
- to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial
- to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- toughness
- by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
- honor; glory
- battleship
- to triumph over an opponent
- lofty; towering; majestic
- spectacular; magnificent sight
- limp; weak
- Himalayas
- Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
- distant; remote
- to espy; to spot
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- normal state
- regular; orderly; successive; in order
- to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
- rise of water level
- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
- last time
- to obliterate completely; to vanish from the face of the earth
- potential for attack; firepower
- extremely important; no small matter