- art of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play; to play at politics; underhand trickery
- just and honorable
- a line of verse; a sentence
- to exclaim in admiration
- to acclaim; to sing the praises of
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 大夫 dài fu: 大夫 dai4 fu5: doctor; physician大夫 dà fū: 大夫 da4 fu1: senior official (in imperial China)
- candle; (literary) to illuminate
- night
- to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
- neighbor; adjacent; close to
- host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
- to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching
- immediately
- to withdraw troops; to retreat
- to defend; to safeguard
- oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- 杞 Qǐ: 杞 Qi3: Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state; surname Qi杞 qǐ: 杞 qi3: Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
- the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- to mount a sneak attack; to raid
- 蹇 jiǎn: 蹇 jian3: lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse蹇 Jiǎn: 蹇 Jian3: surname Jian
- firm; resolute; determined
- to oppose; to be against; to object to
- to suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
- to veto; to overrule
- name of a mountain in Henan; also pr. [Yao2]
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- ambush; to ambush
- labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force
- to exhaust
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- hair (on the head)
- nevertheless; although
- to ask about; to inquire about
- it is said that; reportedly
- (old) native of Jiangxi 江西[Jiang1 xi1]; to wait; servant; path
- important official or statesman (in feudal China)