Vocabulary: 黑暗血时代
- to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country
- scholar; intellectual
- boss's son
- harvest
- surplus grain
- 燕 Yān: 燕 Yan1: Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436); surname Yan燕 yàn: 燕 yan4: swallow (family Hirundinidae)
- capital of a country (literary)
- landlord; landowner; host
- Mongol
- research and study
- to criticize
- what one thinks; person or thing that is on one's mind
- to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
- more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
- Yellow River or Huang He
- to flow at great speed; to pour; racing current
- 诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- milling; to grind; to polish by grinding; to abrade; whetstone; pestle
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
- to cross; to pass through; to ferry
- 胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- 狄 Dí: 狄 Di2: surname Di; generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)狄 dí: 狄 di2: low ranking public official (old)
- ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times; foreigner; barbarian
- Jin Dynasty (265-420)
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- 曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- countermeasure for dealing with a situation
- Your Highness; Your Majesty
- Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
- Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
- to pass on a story; to communicate a message