- to withdraw; to hole up
- not to fight back; to take it lying down; to show weakness; to show one's softer side
- main force; main strength of an army
- to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
- objection; dissent
- not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
- policy; guidelines; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
- traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent
- to rinse; to swish (in water); to trick; to fool sb; to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
- flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
- warship
- Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
- see 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 Shi4]
- tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight
- to forecast; to predict
- door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
- to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve
- long distance; long-distance phone call (abbr. for 長途電話|长途电话[chang2 tu2 dian4 hua4]); long-distance coach (abbr. for 長途汽車|长途汽车[chang2 tu2 qi4 che1])
- to carry out a long-range raid
- defenders
- the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
- head and tail
- pincer attack; attack from two or more sides; converging attack; attack on a flank; fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks
- trench
- elite (e.g. troops); crack; best quality personnel
- to garrison; to stand guard; on garrison duty
- to catch fire; to be on fire
- to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
- to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election)
- not the same; different
- firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 潘 Pān: 潘 Pan1: surname Pan; Pan (Greek god)潘 pān: 潘 pan1: (archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Tw) kitchen waste; food scraps (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phun])
- Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
- polite greeting; civilities; to exchange pleasantries
- to reminisce; to talk about former times
- city wall