- to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
- September; ninth month (of the lunar year)
- 妻 qī: 妻 qi1: (bound form) wife妻 qì: 妻 qi4: to marry off (a daughter)
- consultation; reference; to consult; to refer
- to deposit; to store; to leave in sb's care
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- to spread over an area
- to expect; to anticipate
- appropriate; proper
- to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]
- great master; master
- to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn
- to collect; to recruit
- member
- every year; each year; yearly
- ten; 10
- a guild; (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild; the Japanese word for company
- to continue to exist
- age limit; fixed number of years
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- cannot bear or stand; be unequal to; very; extremely
- 数 shǔ: 数 shu3: to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list数 shù: 数 shu4: number; figure; several; a few数 shùo: 数 shuo4: (literary) frequently; repeatedly
- flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up
- completely; totally; total; entire; overall; population (statistics)
- peasant; farmer
- to unite; unity; solidarity; united
- to rise vigorously; a spirited start
- to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- square brackets [ ]
- parentheses; brackets
- editor's commentary
- Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex)
- village; hamlet; CL:座[zuo4]