- famous painter
- to be present
- secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- across one's whole face
- gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
- (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
- to get rid of
- to hear
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- to make a firm resolution
- as early as possible
- Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
- to defeat; to beat
- North China
- high-ranking military officer
- to change a name; to rename
- to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic; bellicose
- to urgently need; urgent need
- to help one another; to come to sb's help
- 托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; torr (unit of pressure)托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee
- 幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play)幕 mù: 幕 mu4: curtain; screen
- 萧 xiāo: 萧 xiao1: (old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary萧 Xiāo: 萧 Xiao1: surname Xiao
- uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 鲁 Lǔ: 鲁 Lu3: surname Lu; Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2]; short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]鲁 lǔ: 鲁 lu3: (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- to promise; to pledge
- predicament; plight
- to recall fondly; to remember with emotion
- lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom); patronage; protection
- just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word
- military strength; armed forces; troops