- to be far from; to keep away from
- area; district; region
- could happen at any moment; on the verge
- see 武穴市[Wu3 xue2 Shi4]
- writing brush; CL:枝[zhi1],管[guan3]
- water bong; water pipe; hookah
- to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
- in former times; the olden days
- incessant
- to sign; to put one's name to
- to distrust; to be suspicious
- to be adept in; to excel at
- both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
- bad habit (e.g. nose-picking); petty maneuver; dirty trick; gamesmanship
- to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)
- (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
- to dilute
- to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people
- many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength; There is safety in numbers.
- use; application
- to go into battle
- to disassociate; to drift away; to leave (a collective); free (component)
- a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
- faction; clique
- Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
- collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
- the region inside the major mountain passes of ancient China
- to support (in battle)
- first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion); origin; where sth comes from
- 神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both
- lit. to have no strategy to apply (idiom); fig. to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
- to put one's all into the fight