- to have a grudge against
- king; emperor; (fig.) the best; champion
- extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
- spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change
- to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- to convert (an asset) into cash; to cash out
- to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey
- camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- to bid
- after tax
- coarse and wild
- to be thoroughly discredited; to fall into disrepute
- spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- Jackson (name); Jackson city, capital of Mississippi
- mafia
- stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative
- scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch
- urgent and important moment (idiom); critical juncture
- hearsay; gossip
- the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
- formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")
- swallow-tailed coat; tails
- (idiom) muddleheaded
- together with; along with
- card; invitation; message; (forum) post
- (idiom) in order to set the record straight; to clarify matters for the public
- literature
- to be warlike; to be belligerent
- to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking
- silly ass
- high-rise; high level; high class
- inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal
- voluntary; autonomous; by oneself; self-
- insignificant soldier (idiom); a nobody; nonentity
- lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple
- fame follows merit (idiom)
- scale; scope; extent
- 天方夜谭 tiān fāng yè tán: 天方夜谭 tian1 fang1 ye4 tan2: fantasy story天方夜谭 Tiān fāng Yè tán: 天方夜谭 Tian1 fang1 Ye4 tan2: The Arabian Nights (classic story)