Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃
- predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)
- master and disciple
- bare to the waist
- to showcase one's talents; to display one's prowess
- eager; impatient
- to come to the aid of; to save; to rescue from danger; to relieve
- to come from far away
- to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)
- to capture; to seize
- to plunder; to rob
- agriculture; farming
- to overpraise; to flatter
- xenophobic; anti-foreigner
- foreigner
- in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
- well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
- fodder
- to scowl; to knit the brows
- to make a decision; to determine
- to stand by in attendance
- gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- 支吾 zhī wú: 支吾 zhi1 wu2: to resist; to deal with支吾 zhī wu: 支吾 zhi1 wu5: to respond evasively or vaguely; to elude; to stall
- military division level commander; teacher
- spark; meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])
- to withdraw troops; to retreat
- to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past)
- two sides; both sides
- to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to
- it is said; allegedly; according to reports; or so they say
- to start; at first; beginning
- to compete fiercely; contest