- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- if; in case; in the event that
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for
- that kind; that sort
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to produce the opposite of the desired result
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 干 gān: 干 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder干 Gān: 干 Gan1: surname Gan干 gān: 干 gan1: (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield干 gàn: 干 gan4: tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- court (of king or emperor)
- power struggle
- expert; past master; dab hand
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- old woman (at times contemptuous)
- 向 Xiàng: 向 Xiang4: surname Xiang向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ...向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: to tend toward; to guide向 xiàng: 向 xiang4: direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
- fierce; brutal; bird of prey
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- to be widely known as
- thinking; scheme
- courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive
- absolutely not
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- woman
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
- (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
- 连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- important official or statesman (in feudal China)
- she
- palm
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
- Manchurian-Chinese (relations)
- consistent; constant; from start to finish; all along; persistent
- strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit