Vocabulary: 封神演义
- misfortune; crisis; grave danger; critical situation; disaster; emergency; to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament
- erect; upright; vertical
- to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
- the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- illogical
- soul; spirit
- carefree and comfortable life (esp. in retirement)
- lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
- to recommend; to introduce (from outside)
- Daoist elixir
- condition of one's teeth; ability to chew
- to return alive; to survive
- to open fire; to start shooting; to light the flame (for cooking)
- thermal power
- used in 楞迦[Leng2 jia1]
- leader
- to keep watch (during a clandestine activity); to be on the lookout
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- carbine; lance
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
- (old) the Big Dipper; (old) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
- remaining years of one's life
- to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- piebald horse
- spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated
- early morning
- (of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis
- making one happy; gratifying; heartening