- to go on or send a punitive expedition
- to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount
- to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc
- to kill indiscriminately; to massacre
- to approach; to get close to
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- hereby; from this
- King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]
- to write down; to record; written account
- 哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ: 哪里 na3 li3: where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- at this time; at this moment
- to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate
- 了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- those
- to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
- question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- each; every
- grand; majestic; magnificent
- the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
- thus; consequently; as a result
- ancestor; forefather; sb's late father
- to manufacture; to make
- all kinds of
- beautiful; fine
- public opinion
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- even if; even though
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- reference material (used in scholarly study)
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- bachelor; single man
- among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- prosperous
- savage act; outrage; atrocity
- to change into