Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- to fight to the death
- total victory; to excel by far; name of a tank; slam
- to die in battle
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
- to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3]); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- ferocious beast; fierce animal
- male
- see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male)
- female
- see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)
- to avoid evil spirits
- to receive in no small measure
- bold and powerful; brave and fierce
- soldier; noncommssioned officer (NCO)
- to straighten out; to sort out; to organize
- 袁 yuán: 袁 yuan2: long robe (old)袁 Yuán: 袁 Yuan2: surname Yuan
- (bound form) to supervise
- see 寧遠縣|宁远县[Ning2 yuan3 Xian4]
- (literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
- Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
- Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
- nickname of Han dynasty general Li Guang 李廣|李广[Li3 Guang3]
- 昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang
- Huihe, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2 wu2 er3 zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4 gu4 zu2]
- to rebel; to revolt
- ambush; to ambush
- commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)
- bright; clear
- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- weaponry; weapons; arms
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
- Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
- interstellar; interplanetary
- east, south, west and north; all directions
- to spurt steam (or air etc)
- (onom.) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
- Guangyun, Chinese rime dictionary 韻書|韵书[yun4 shu1] from 11th century, containing 26,194 single-character entries