- art of war; military strategy and tactics
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- among; in; included among these
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- treatise; discourse; exposition
- range; scope; limit; extent; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- as; as if; such as
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
- formation
- to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- discipline
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to salute; to make one's salutations
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- (literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot; to bow while leaning on this handrail as a gesture of respect
- 车 Chē: 车 Che1: surname Che车 chē: 车 che1: car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159车 jū: 车 ju1: war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
- to salute; salute
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- funeral arrangements
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- in mourning
- this; these
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify
- army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- drill; practice
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to console; to comfort; to soothe