Vocabulary: 邯郸记
- to amuse oneself; to have fun; to go sightseeing; to take a stroll
- evil monster
- a tourist
- to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc)
- “Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- strategy
- 牧 Mù: 牧 Mu4: surname Mu牧 mù: 牧 mu4: to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old); government official (old)
- pillar
- curtain; screen
- to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment; Taiwan pr. [ji1]
- (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
- night; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to send; to give as a present
- to repay; to requite
- children; sons and daughters
- to come true; to come about as predicted; to be fulfilled
- desert; unconcerned
- army; main forces
- Yan mountain range across north Hebei
- to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
- to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc)
- to convince; to subdue; to be convinced; to be bowled over
- to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over
- tough upright grass; (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship
- to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- to inspire awe
- History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
- 圜 huán: 圜 huan2: circle; encircle圜 yuán: 圜 yuan2: circle; round
- to cooperate; to harmonize; to help; to assist; to join
- appearance; bearing; meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
- Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 Qu1], Huanggang 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD; see 赤壁市[Chi4 bi4 Shi4]
- lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom); fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
- honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary
- active participation
- to wait; to wait for
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood