- the populace; the masses; the common people
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- to have; to possess; to own
- Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
- to go on or send a punitive expedition
- 把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})把 bà: 把 ba4: handle
- later generations
- to be bound to; to be sure to
- nowadays; now
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- suitable; appropriate
- 吗 má: 吗 ma2: (coll.) what?吗 mǎ: 吗 ma3: used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]吗 ma: 吗 ma5: (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 孙子 sūn zi: 孙子 sun1 zi5: grandson; son's son孙子 Sūn zǐ: 孙子 Sun1 zi3: Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- final; ultimate
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit幸 Xìng: 幸 Xing4: surname Xing幸 xìng: 幸 xing4: fortunate; lucky
- King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
- 御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage; to govern御 yù: 御 yu4: (bound form) to defend; to resist
- ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 乘 chéng: 乘 cheng2: to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed乘 shèng: 乘 sheng4: (archaic) four horse military chariot; (archaic) four; generic term for history books乘 Chéng: 乘 Cheng2: surname Cheng
- to visit (a superior)
- Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality; popularly known as 王母娘娘
- to run fast; to speed; to gallop; to disseminate; to spread
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- (bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. [si4]
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- excessively; too
- weight (i.e. importance attached to sth)
- dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times); dried; withered
- to weave; to knit
- black; mysterious
- 鸟 diǎo: 鸟 diao3: penis鸟 niǎo: 鸟 niao3: bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- (bound form) to fall from the sky