- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
- 伊 Yī: 伊 Yi1: surname Yi伊 yī: 伊 yi1: (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4]); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3])
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- warrior; samurai
- Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
- a warrior; a brave person
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- confluence; to converge; to join; to fuse; fusion
- every time
- always
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
- to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature); (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate; to open (sth that has been sealed)
- uncultured; uncivilized; God-forsaken; ignorant; illiterate
- to criticize; to refute
- 塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct
- lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
- to assist; to complement; auxiliary
- old affair; former matter
- to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
- 谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: grain; corn谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: valley谷 Gǔ: 谷 Gu3: surname Gu
- (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- metal; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
- copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
- ruthless
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- course of events; process
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- brutal; tyrannical
- custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one)
- to let (sth happen); to allow (sb to do sth); to submit to; to yield
- dictatorship
- alchemist; necromancer
- 卢 Lú: 卢 Lu2: surname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]卢 lú: 卢 lu2: (old) rice vessel; black; (slang) (Tw) troublesome; fussy
- in private
- to ridicule; to mock