- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
- rainy night
- lightning; CL:道[dao4]
- to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc)
- (literary) the vast sky; (finance) eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term
- sudden clap of thunder; fig. surprising turn of events
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- mist; clouds; smoke
- the whole earth; the universe
- inside; within
- grief and indignation
- King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king
- to place under house arrest; to imprison
- oneness of heaven and humanity; the theory that man is an integral part of nature
- inherent; innate
- innate character; natural disposition; attitude
- 秉 Bǐng: 秉 Bing3: surname Bing秉 bǐng: 秉 bing3: to grasp; to hold; to maintain
- to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
- to collide; collision
- a flash of realization; the truth in a flash; a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist)
- self-sufficient; satisfied with oneself
- deep in one's heart
- to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
- to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc)
- similar; alike
- to stir restlessly; to be agitated; commotion; agitation
- pornography; sex
- variable factor; uncertainties; (math.) a variable
- to experience; to go through
- lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim
- disorderly situation; chaotic state of affairs
- monstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated
- in the depth of one's soul
- the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
- even more
- old; ancient; far away
- to prate
- 仁义 rén yì: 仁义 ren2 yi4: benevolence and righteousness仁义 rén yi: 仁义 ren2 yi5: affable and even-tempered
- mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units
- to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages
- lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy