- (bound form) moat; chasm
- 谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: grain; corn谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: valley谷 Gǔ: 谷 Gu3: surname Gu
- to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- upper layer
- (of terrain) mountainous; rugged; (of a situation) precarious; daunting
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- huge rock; boulder; monolith
- (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded; to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- disastrous
- to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
- to mount a sneak attack; to raid
- (idiom) to be attacked from the front and rear
- (of troops) to be routed and dispersed
- to behead
- captive
- to apprehend; to capture; to seize
- (idiom) unprecedented in history
- victory; CL:個|个[ge4]
- scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
- army; armed forces; troops; force; unit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- geographical area of command; (PLA) military district
- commanding officer
- combat; to fight
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- time limit
- (sports) draw; tie
- school of thought
- lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat; to fight at close quarters
- existing
- the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
- (coll.) all day long; all the time
- internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest
- reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human