- air vent; drafty place; wind gap (geology); tuyere (furnace air nozzle); (fig.) hot trend; fad
- to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy
- to warn; to admonish
- to be applicable
- to comfort oneself; to console oneself; to reassure oneself
- to study meticulously; to delve into
- to fight; fight; war; battle
- cautious; careful; prudent
- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
- the Silk Road
- turning point; breaking point
- bubonic plague; Black Death
- to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
- Mongol
- heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title)
- history
- wise and farsighted
- to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
- to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)
- 5-1 (May 1st)
- middle age
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- inclinations and interests; delight; fun; interest; appeal
- style (of art or literature); form; one's work style; moral character
- to make a determined effort
- as different as heaven and earth (idiom); worlds apart
- younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]
- dining table
- tray; plate; dish; CL:個|个[ge4]
- night clothes; pajamas
- slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to comb; (bound form) a comb
- University of Cambridge