- to hit the target
- belt; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
- to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
- to shout
- to fall off a horse
- to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
- to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on
- to be on friendly terms
- imperial strategic adviser; expert on strategy
- to hesitate
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- to vouch for; to guarantee
- to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
- with one's own hands; personally
- a wrong suffered (idiom); old grievance; previous defeat
- constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth
- to chase to kill
- internal; national; domestic (policy)
- barren; infertile; poor
- 海 hǎi: 海 hai3: ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous海 Hǎi: 海 Hai3: surname Hai
- seawater
- to refine; to smelt
- salt; CL:粒[li4]
- to mine; to open a seam
- smelting iron
- a nation's power
- substantial; robust; ample; abundant
- lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom); fig. a well-trained and powerful army
- residence of a high-ranking official
- a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
- wealth; money
- to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
- (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household
- to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order
- household duties; housework
- (traditional Chinese architecture) spirit wall – a screen wall placed inside or outside a main gate, shielding the courtyard from view
- barrier