- cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk
- the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- mien; complexion
- lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
- courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
- to finish work; to complete a project
- impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air
- the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break; things change for the better
- to agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
- bearing; deportment
- quick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
- a deaf and mute person
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- (idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
- to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- to set up defenses; to fortify
- home; homeland
- northern part
- frontier fortress
- highland; upland
- Yan mountain range across north Hebei
- continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
- south; south side; southern part; to the south of
- 渤海 Bó hǎi: 渤海 Bo2 hai3: Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia, 698–926渤海 Bó Hǎi: 渤海 Bo2 Hai3: Bohai Sea, between Liaoning and Shandong
- see 連城縣|连城县[Lian2 cheng2 Xian4]
- 温和 wēn hé: 温和 wen1 he2: mild; gentle; moderate温和 wēn huo: 温和 wen1 huo5: lukewarm
- engineering graphics; technical drawing
- to sit down; to take a seat
- to go on an official or business trip
- to wander (typically of an errant priest)
- to follow precisely; to comply with
- 新建 Xīn jiàn: 新建 Xin1 jian4: see 新建區|新建区[Xin1 jian4 Qu1]新建 xīn jiàn: 新建 xin1 jian4: new construction; newly built