- 滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
- firm and resolute; staunch
- 吴起 Wú qǐ: 吴起 Wu2 qi3: see 吳起縣|吴起县[Wu2 qi3 Xian4]吴起 Wú Qǐ: 吴起 Wu2 Qi3: Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
- Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国
- tenfold; ten times (sth)
- million
- power switch; gas valve; to open the city (or frontier) gate; to open and close; to switch on and off
- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- arrowhead; sharp
- 费 fèi: 费 fei4: to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses费 Fèi: 费 Fei4: surname Fei
- Northeast China; Manchuria; lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1]; Kantō region of Japan
- 困 kùn: 困 kun4: to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute困 kùn: 困 kun4: sleepy; tired
- 散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine
- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- energy left over (to do sth else)
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- by the time that
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- to scold; shout at; to hoot at
- the most honorable; the most respected; supreme; (archaic) the emperor
- 六合 Lù hé: 六合 Lu4 he2: see 六合區|六合区[Lu4 he2 Qu1]六合 lìu hé: 六合 liu4 he2: the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down); the whole country; the universe; everything under the sun
- (fig.) the whole world
- School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
- a national policy
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- to draw up; to draft; to formulate
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
- to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method
- rich and powerful
- Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
- see 靈寶市|灵宝市[Ling2 bao3 Shi4]
- joint name; combined name
- location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area
- terrain; topography relief