- to schedule in advance
- cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- to petition for retirement (old); to ask for leave to withdraw; to ask to be excused
- second daughter
- courtyard
- tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business)
- efficient; highly effective
- (of planes etc) to fly; flying; flight; aviation
- royal family; royal household
- crossbow
- to make an air raid
- (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
- ribbon
- to bomb; to bombard; CL:波[bo1],輪|轮[lun2]
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- to lose one's voice; (to cry out) involuntarily
- to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
- hall
- and even; to go so far as to
- a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- to sever all relations with sb; determined; decisive
- inevitably
- to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
- the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
- to shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
- to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back
- 钱 qián: 钱 qian2: coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]钱 Qián: 钱 Qian2: surname Qian
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- 支吾 zhī wu: 支吾 zhi1 wu5: to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall支吾 zhī wú: 支吾 zhi1 wu2: to resist; to deal with
- a huge sum; an enormous amount (of money)
- monetary reward; remuneration
- to collapse
- to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3]
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- trade fair
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- profitable