Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler
- to supervise; to oversee; to inspect
- a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- if (coming after a conditional clause)
- (military) meritorious service
- ostentatious; pretentious; showy
- on the one hand
- to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince
- fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
- spirit of the dead; departed soul
- (idiom) melee combat weapons of ancient China, such as swords, spears and halberds
- physics; physical; relating to the material world
- efficacious; useful
- to provide assistance; to support; to back
- convention; usual practice
- to see, hear and obey (idiom); to take advice; to take sb at his word
- (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring
- to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
- potential for attack; firepower
- decisive; conclusive
- indecisive; irresolute
- to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
- opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft; war secret
- a book on the art of war
- to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
- unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth
- decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- public enemy
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- to convene; to call together
- prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall
- power; authority
- 耍 shuǎ: 耍 shua3: to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)耍 Shuǎ: 耍 Shua3: surname Shua
- to set up; to establish
- war exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution
- lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem
- ancestor; forebear
- lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom); fig. torrent of abuse
- road sign