- to murder; to assassinate; intentional homicide
- to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity
- to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- to be a favorite; favor
- to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
- cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration
- as early as possible
- generous treatment
- to surround; to gird
- to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale
- Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
- (bound form) army; military
- to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
- Japanese army; Japanese troops
- to bomb; to bombard; CL:波[bo1],輪|轮[lun2]
- fishing boat; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- nautical mile
- 炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- hold of ship
- 吓 xià: 吓 xia4: to frighten; to scare吓 hè: 吓 he4: to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
- trembling; rustling
- to tremble; to shake; to shiver
- to stand erect; to stand upright
- the bow or prow of a ship
- steady; steadfast
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- bomb; CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1]
- (idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4]
- to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it
- Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist
- allied forces
- artillery shell; CL:枚[mei2]
- to injure accidentally; accidental injury
- Frenchman; French person
- to retire; to remove; to withdraw; to evacuate
- 枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots枪 Qiāng: 枪 Qiang1: surname Qiang枪 qiāng: 枪 qiang1: rifle; spear
- to surrender
- (military) street fighting; urban combat
- the east; eastern part
- war zone; combat zone; (military) theater of operations